SWAT standoff at Everett, WA hotel

Child safe, man arrested after standoff in Everett

An armed suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff with a SWAT team at an Everett Motel 6.

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. - An armed suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff with a SWAT team at an Everett Motel 6.

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Department (SCSD) issued an initial alert, asking people to avoid the area at around 11:36 a.m. Wednesday. Deputies and Region 1 SWAT were still on scene at the motel near the corner of 128th St. SW and 4th Ave. W. into the evening.

Authorities said a 3-year-old child was inside the room with the 48-year-old suspect.

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The suspect was wanted for second-degree domestic violence assault, investigators said.

Everyone inside the motel had evacuated.

"You need to get out now, you know, right now. And I was like I’m trying to find my shoes and trying to get my stuff together, and he said if you want to get shot, then I wouldn’t worry about your shoes," said Jo Greco.

Greco told FOX 13 Seattle Police were banging on her door. When she got out of her room, she and other motel guests helped the victim.

‘She {the victim} threw one of the kids to her, and then grabbed another kid, and apparently there were three children in there, and she was hysterical crying," said Greco.

Armed suspect holding child in Everett motel, SWAT standoff underway

A SWAT team is in a standoff with an armed suspect at an Everett Motel 6. Authorities say a child is inside the room with the suspect. Snohomish County Sheriff's Department PIO Courtney O'Keefe delivers an update from the scene.

Sierra Taylor, who was staying one room over from the barricade situation, says the mother involved handed her one of her children as she ran away from the motel.

"I didn’t think twice about it. I just remember the mom running out of the room and throwing her baby at me," Taylor said.

Crisis negotiators spoke with the suspect on the phone, and at about midnight the suspect surrendered.

The child was safe, and the suspect was taken into custody.