A family and their neighbors are left devastated after investigators say a domestic assault spiraled into a SWAT standoff as a home burned down around a believed gunman who was barricaded inside.
A family and neighbors are left devastated after a home burned down following a SWAT standoff with the man who barricaded himself inside and threatened officials not to enter. FOX 26's Damali Keith speaks to neighbors who are still shaken up from the events.A family and their neighbors are left devastated today after investigators say a domestic assault spiraled into a SWAT standoff yesterday as a home burned down around a believed gunman who was barricaded inside.
"Look at this. I couldn’t believe it," one resident told me while showing a video of an armed SWAT team taking over her front porch.Harris County SWAT: Man barricaded inside Spring home sets own house on fire, taken into custody"Alright if anything happens you just f***ing run," one deputy is heard telling two children on their doorbell cam while escorting them from their home to safety.
"It was scary because you don’t know if bullets were going to be flying. When I saw the fire it was getting high, and I was just like oh my God all these homes are about to catch on fire," says a neighbor who lives three homes away.A neighbor captured video of Pablo Patino Bustos, 28, climbing out of the roof of his own house he set on fire after an hours-long standoff in Spring, Texas.
It all started the day after Christmas when 28-year-old Pablo Patino Bustos was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife. He got out of jail on bond and on Tuesday, detectives say Patino was caught on a doorbell camera setting fire to his in-law's home, where his wife and young daughter had been staying, at 3:30 a.m. with six people were asleep inside.
Investigators say Patino then hit his wife with his car as she escaped the burning house. Two days later, Patino’s wife, escorted by deputies, went to her house to retrieve belongings. Patino was inside and according to law enforcement, he threatened to kill anyone who didn’t leave, leading to the stand-off."Pablo think about your daughter, think about your daughter", a negotiator could be heard saying on a loudspeaker as he and a swarm of armed officers surrounded the house.
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