Young child safe after being held in hours-long SWAT standoff by person with gun: JSO

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A young child was recovered without injury Tuesday morning after an hours-long SWAT standoff with a person armed with a gun Tuesday at an apartment complex on Atlantic and Hodges Boulevards, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

JSO said it responded to the Woodhollow apartments around 5 a.m. following reports of an altercation between several people.

JSO said officers learned one of the people involved was armed with a gun and had threatened two other people in the apartment. They all knew each other.

Two of the victims left the apartment, but the person armed with the gun stayed inside with a young child, JSO said.

SWAT and hostage negotiators were called to the scene, and residents told News4JAX they could hear officers on a bullhorn asking someone to come out of one of the apartments.

The person, who never fired the gun, eventually was taken into custody, and the child was safely recovered.

Any witnesses are asked to contact JSO at the non-emergency number 904-630-0500, CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS or email JSOCRIMETIPS@JAXSHERIFF.ORG.