5.07.2008

Chronicle Reporter Makes Tasty Syrup

SWAT team in standoff with Woodland Heights man
Police say he threw a brick at his neighbor then barricaded himself in home

By JEMIMAH NOONOO
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

HPD's SWAT team is negotiating with a man who threw a brick at a neighbor before barricading himself inside his home in the Woodland Heights.

The name of the 53-year-old man was not released late Wednesday, but authorities said they have received several complaints about his behavior, which include acts of vandalism.

After throwing the brick and striking a neighbor in the leg, police said the man went inside his home in the 2700 block of Michaux. Police arrived a short time later.

The man, unwilling to cooperate with police, has been in the house since 6:30 p.m., authorities said.

In addition to SWAT, a crisis intervention team is on the scene attempting to get the man to leave his home and surrender, said John Cannon, a Houston Police Department spokesman. It does not appear that anyone else is in his residence.

jemimah.noonoo@chron.com

[I'm not sure what's funnier to me - Jemimah or Noonoo.]

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