Man wanted on 3 felony warrants behind bars after hours long standoff

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio guy wanted on 3 felony warrants is behind bars after an hours-long standoff with police.

San Antonio police took 29-year-old Samuel Espinoza into custody however no longer sooner than a long backward and forward with negotiators.

“Samuel Espinoza, this is the San Antonio Police Department. We know you’re in there. We’re not going anywhere. We have the place surrounded,” SAPD negotiators may well be heard telling the suspect.

The standoff began simply sooner than 6 p.m. Thursday at a South Side condo complicated within the 6200 block of South New Braunfels.

The massive police presence left neighbors in a panic.

“Turned off the lights and got the kids on the floor. We were scared maybe someone was going to start shooting because you don’t know if someone is going to start shooting and the bullets are going to start to ricocheting through the window, just all sorts of possibilities start running through your head,” mentioned Paul Garcia, a neighbor.

Meanwhile, a girl within the condo with the suspect feared for her existence. She known as a chum for lend a hand, who then contacted police.

When officials approached the condo door, they heard a voice within announcing, “Stay quiet” and “Don’t say anything.”

(*3*) SAPD negotiators advised the girl.

The explanation why for the massive police presence used to be that Espinoza used to be wanted on 3 felony warrants and has a long legal historical past. According to Bexar County information, Espinoza has been booked for attack thrice, together with person who came about in January, the place the alleged sufferer used to be a pregnant lady.

After hours of negotiations with SAPD’s particular operations unit, Espinoza gave himself up, and nobody used to be harm.

The standoff gave neighbors an evening they’d by no means fail to remember.

“Just seeing a whole bunch of lights, a bunch of cops scattered. Cops in the front, cops in the back/ They’ve never had the place surrounded like that SWAT team was there, and I’ve never experienced anything like that. It was a first-time experience,” Garcia mentioned.