COLORADO SPRINGS — A shelter-in-place order has been lifted and a suspect is in custody after an hours long standoff, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD).
According to Peak Alerts, police responded to a barricaded suspect near 2200 Woodburn Street.
According to police, around 11 a.m. Monday, residents at the house along Woodburn Street called police saying a man who identified themselves as a prior tenant had come back to the house.
The man, who has been identified as 37-year-old Juan Lopez, allegedly threatened the current tenants with a knife saying he was going to take over the house.
Police say all the current residents were able to leave the house before Lopez barricaded himself inside the house.
CSPD says they obtained a search warrant for the home and an arrest warrant for Lopez around 2:40 p.m. They say they searched the home around 3 p.m.
According to police, they released chemical irritant inside the room Lopez was in three different times. They say he surrendered without incident and was taken into custody around 6:45 p.m.
Lopez is charged with first-degree burglary, attempted second-degree assault and felony menacing.
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