When officers arrived, they found a man they believed could be armed who then barricaded himself inside a car, said officer Austin Zarling, a police spokesperson. The SWAT unit was called and spent several hours trying to "peacefully resolve" the incident,

The APD's SWAT team responded to a man barricaded in East Austin, safely ending a standoff after several hours.

Austin police SWAT responded to a barricaded subject inside a vehicle in East Austin. The incident began early this morning but has since ended with the subject in custody, according to APD.