SAN ANTONIO, TX. (THECOUNT) — An ongoing barricade situation involving SWAT is currently occurring at a San Antonio residence Thanksgiving morning, according to police.
A San Antonio man is holding his wife hostage and allegedly threatening to kill her and himself inside a Northeast Side home early Thanksgiving morning, San Antonio police said.
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The incident began around 2:45 a.m. at a home in the 4400 block of Eisenhower Road, not far from Interstate 35, after police received received word of a woman screaming inside the house, reports KSAT.
According to police, the unidentified man barricaded himself inside and threatened to shoot himself and his wife if police gained entry.
Negotiators and SWAT crews have been at the scene for several hours attempting to resolve the standoff peacefully, with negotiators speaking to the man through a window.
Police say gunshots were fired at one point inside the home, but that they do not believe anyone was hurt since they have since spoke to both the man and the woman.
Around 6 a.m. Thursday, two loud bangs were heard and one person was taken out of the home on a stretcher. That person was taken by EMS to an area hospital.
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