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Man arrested after standoff with SWAT at Spokane apartment

The man was eventually arrested around 9 p.m. and was charged with second-degree assault.
Credit: KREM

A man was arrested after a standoff with SWAT and Spokane Police at a North Spokane apartment.

The man has been charged with second-degree assault.

SWAT and Spokane Police were in a stand-off with a man after he made threats to his girlfriend on Wednesday.

The police said the victim reported that her boyfriend started to make threats to her around 9 a.m. and she called police to report it at 3 p.m.

Police said the threats were serious enough to detain him.

Police said they tried to coax him out of the apartment at 4000 W Rowan peacefully.

The victim was not in the apartment with him.

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