Domestic violence suspect believed holed-up in West Covina home


WEST COVINA >> Police surrounded a West Covina home where a domestic violence suspect was believed to have holed-up late Wednesday, officials said.
The incident began Wednesday afternoon at the West Covina Department of Motor Vehicles office, 800 S. Glendora Avenue, West Covina police spokesman Rudy Lopez said.
A woman was at the office when her husband arrived, Lopez said. The woman called the police to report an incident of domestic violence, as well as possible threats made against her and the couple’s children.
Police found the man at the family’s home in the 1400 block of East Rowland Avenue, just east of Lark Ellen Avenue, Lopez said.
The wife and children were safely out of the home, and the man was believed holed-up inside alone Wednesday evening, he said. It was unclear whether the man was armed.
The West Covina Police Department’s SWAT team, which happened to be training at the West Covina Police Department when the incident began, responded to the scene, Lopez said.
Several nearby homes were evacuated as the standoff continued Wednesday night.

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