Update: Ada County SWAT team standoff in Boise ends ‘peacefully,’ police say
A standoff that required response from the Ada County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team ended peacefully Friday afternoon, according to a tweet from ACSO.
The SWAT unit encircled a home on the Boise Bench with an armed man inside earlier on Friday afternoon in an attempt to detain him, police said.
In a tweet posted shortly before 4:45 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office said the standoff had “ended peacefully.”
“The man is in custody,” the tweet read. “Our team was in the process of going into the home when the man surrendered without further incident.”
Law enforcement surrounded the home in the 6600 block of Douglas Street, which is near the intersection of West Franklin Street and South Cole Road, after locating the suspect there at around 1:30 p.m. In a tweet posted before 4 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office said it was attempting to negotiate with the man, who “took off during a traffic stop” earlier on Friday, according to law enforcement.
The man was seen “throwing drugs out the window after he drove away,” according to an ACSO tweet. Police said that the man has “a history of violence” and that he is on federal felony probation for a drug conviction.
The man’s identity was not publicly released.
This story was originally published November 12, 2021 at 4:19 PM.
