Armed Standoff Ends with SWAT Team Storming Home in Niagara Falls

A tense standoff on 10th Street ended on Wednesday night with Niagara Falls Police taking a 29-year-old man into custody after reports that gunfire had been directed toward another person inside a home.

Officers were first called to a residence on the 400 block of 10th Street at about 8:45pm for a complaint involving an unwanted individual. The situation escalated when dispatchers were told that a man had fired a .22-caliber firearm through a door. According to police, the shot was aimed toward someone on the other side. Fortunately, the individual was not struck.

When officers arrived, they immediately secured the area and set up a perimeter after receiving information that the suspect was still inside the home. Police used loudspeaker announcements to direct anyone inside to exit. Five people eventually came out, all of whom complied with officers’ commands. Investigators later confirmed that none of them were the suspect.

With the man believed to be barricaded in the house, police continued issuing commands over the patrol vehicle’s loudspeaker. However, the man ignored them. The Niagara Falls Police Department’s Emergency Response Team and Crisis Negotiation Team were then deployed to the scene.

The standoff concluded when the Emergency Response Team entered the home and found the suspect on an upper floor. He was taken into custody without further confrontation.

Detectives recovered two long guns and additional evidence from the residence. The Criminal Investigation Division is continuing to review the case and charges are expected to be filed.

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Armed Standoff Ends with SWAT Team Storming Home in Niagara Falls