standoff

In Yakima police tried to arrest a man for a theft at a local grocery store but the incident turned into a 14-hour standoff.

Yakima Police say it started at the Yakima Juvenile Justice Center on Jarome Avenue

As soon as officers arrived, the man put a gun to his head and threatened to kill himself so officers backed off and the man walked inside the home.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Police say a 31-year-old man officers were trying to arrest was found dead after a standoff at a home north of Seattle in Marysville. Marysville police say SWAT officers were called to a home Wednesday where a wanted felon had barricaded himself...

A three-hour standoff that forced the closure of a portion of Nob Hill Boulevard on Wednesday ended after a man wanted on a firearms violation surrendered to police. The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force was called to a home at 618 W...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury has ended a second full day of deliberations with no verdict in the federal trial of six men who brought assault-style weapons to a standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy's ranch in April 2014...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A defense attorney for an Idaho man standing trial in an armed standoff involving Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy told a federal jury that his client came to Nevada to exercise his First Amendment right, using the Second Amendment...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ammon Bundy, the leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover, is back in Oregon. KATU-TV reports that Bundy was transferred from custody in Las Vegas, where he's been held on charges from a different standoff with government agents, to the Multnomah County Jail on Friday night...

SHELTON (AP) — Authorities have identified two people found dead at a home near Shelton, Washington Tuesday and said the suspect in the case shot and killed himself Wednesday in Oregon after a standoff. The Mason County Sheriff's Office identified the victims as 34-year-old Tara Abernathy of Shelton and 34-year-old Kenneth Koonrad of Montesano...

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Tacoma, Washington, police officer has been shot and killed by officers after a lengthy barricade situation. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer says the suspect was shot at approximately 3:30 a...