PUEBLO, CO — The Pueblo Police Department was negotiating with a barricaded suspect for most of Monday.
In a Twitter post shared Monday afternoon, The Pueblo Police Department said it was at Motel 6 in the 4300 block of North Elizabeth.
According to Sergeant Ortega with Pueblo Police Department as of 4 p.m., the negotiations are now over and the suspect was taken into custody.
According to the department negotiations with the suspect began at 9:30 a.m. after they barricaded themselves in a motel room. The department and Pueblo SWAT used a gas irritant to get the suspect out of the motel room after they had allegedly climbed into the attic of the motel.
Part of the motel was evacuated during the standoff situation, the Pueblo Police Department says there were no injuries as a result of the standoff, and 25-year-old Zackary Ortega was taken into custody.
Ortega had three felony warrants out for his arrest and was suspected of felony menacing according to the department.
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