Police standoff in Yuma ends with a man in custody, investigation ongoing

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - The Yuma Police Department (YPD) is sharing new information following a standoff in a local neighborhood that lasted nearly three hours and led to one person being taken into custody.

A heavy police presence shut down part of a Yuma neighborhood Thursday afternoon as officers responded to a standoff near 17th Avenue and Colorado Street.

YPD confirmed officers were searching for a suspect from an alleged aggravated assault that happened earlier in the week.

"Earlier in the week we had an aggravated assault that occurred between two individuals," Officer Hayato Johnson, an officer on the YPD Public Affairs Unit, said. "And yesterday, some of our detectives were able to locate the suspect for the assault. So from there, we went to the residence, did a call out and we were able to take one into custody without any further incident."

A loud explosion was heard just before 4 P.M., which was a tactic deployed by YPD to try to get individuals to cooperate and exit the residence.

Police could be heard over a loudspeaker calling for the suspect to come out. Telling them they were surrounded and to exit with their hands up and unarmed.

Shortly after the explosion, a woman exited the home. A man was later seen coming out of the residence as well

Several police units remained in the area after the individuals left the home. Officers shortly thereafter cleared the scene, while forensic teams and investigators stayed behind to continue processing the residence.

Some nearby residents say this circumstance has been happening more frequently this year.

"This is probably the third or fourth time since I've lived here that this has happened," Julie Cross, a local said. "The house behind me also had the same thing and we were asked to leave our house because they said we were not safe."

Other neighbors told KYMA they were not aware of any suspicious activity leading up to the standoff.