Police SWAT team responds to barricaded suspect in Gaslamp

Police vehicles
Police vehicles
Police vehicles at the scene of the SWAT standoff. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego)

A San Diego Police SWAT team is responding to a barricaded and possibly armed suspect in an apartment near the Gaslamp district.

Multiple police vehicles converged on the 200 block of J Street shortly after noon on Tuesday.

“The suspect is wanted in connection with an assault with a deadly weapon call and may be armed,” police said in a post on X. “Please avoid the area as officers work to resolve the incident.”

There were reports from the scene that police used tear gas in an attempt to force the suspect out.

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