Police arrest suspect wanted in South Carolina after hours-long standoff on Boise Bench
A standoff in Boise between Idaho police and a wanted man ended with police injecting gas into a home and arresting the man.
Matthew McIntosh, a 33-year-old living in Boise, was booked into the Ada County jail Thursday morning in connection with a felony charge in South Carolina, according to a news release from the Boise Police Department.
About 2 p.m. Wednesday, Boise police were called to the 6400 block of West Kirkwood Road after hearing that McIntosh was in a home. The road is south of Overland Road and west of Curtis Road on the Bench. Police said McIntosh is known to have “a violent history,” according to the news release.
Police tried to make contact with McIntosh for two hours but were not able to Additional units were then called to the home. Negotiators continued trying to convince McIntosh to leave the home for several hours without success. Police then warned McIntosh they would inject tear gas into the home, and they did.
Police went into the home with a K-9 unit dog and reportedly found McIntosh in a crawl space. The dog was used to take him into custody. He was taken to a hospital for an evaluation before he was booked in jail.
No other people in the home during the incident, though three dogs were found inside and were not injured, police said. Those in nearby homes were notified of the incident via the Code Red community notification system.
This story was originally published February 25, 2021 at 10:25 AM.
