UPDATE: SWAT clears Dayton home area after over 12-hour standoff

DAYTON — Law enforcement agents, including a SWAT team, surrounded a Dayton home for over 12 hours, believing a suspect to be inside the residence Sunday afternoon into late evening.

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UPDATE at 1:41 a.m. ET, May 29:

Dayton Police, assisted by other tactical units, began their standoff just before 12 p.m. in the 200 block of Alaska Street on reports of a burglary in progress.

Officers later revealed that a woman’s estranged husband was trying to break into her home, which was caught on security cameras. The husband violated a temporary protection order against him by attempting to approach his wife who was in the process of divorcing him, Major Christopher Malson, the Operations Support Commander & Critical Incident Commander from the Dayton Police Department, said.

Law enforcement agents believed that he was inside the home they were in a standoff with after talking to him on the phone.

Police attempted to extract him from the home for more than 12 hours.

The standoff originally occurred because the husband had a history with weapons and violent crimes, which prompted a SWAT team response.

However, shortly after midnight on Monday, they discovered the man was not inside the home at all. Officers believed he left the home before police got to the scene.

There were no hostages taken during the standoff and no one was injured.

Detectives continued to track his whereabouts and look into any charges that could be placed against the estranged husband. So far, he might face breaking and entering charges in addition to violations of protection order charges. No information was given as to whether the husband would receive more charges for the hours-long standoff.

UPDATE at 11:16 p.m. ET, May 28:

A large police presence remains in Dayton that started just before 12 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

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Police were called to the 200 block of Alaska Street to reports of a burglary in progress, according to Montgomery County regional dispatch.

News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson was at the scene throughout the afternoon and evening hours Sunday.

SWAT went into the house just after 10 p.m. Sunday night.

Robertson also spoke with neighbors who watched the whole thing happen right where they live.

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News Center 7 cameras watched as SWAT launched multiple rounds of tear gas at the house on Alaska Street.

This all started before 12 p.m. Sunday when Dayton Police responded to reports of a burglary in progress, according to Montgomery County Dispatchers.

A female victim called 911 claiming while she was at church, she watched her husband break into her home.

“So, I am in Troy right now, I have a security camera,” she told dispatchers. “I have a (Temporary Protection Order) TPO against my husband and he just broke into my house.”

“Is her inside right now?” Dispatchers asked.

“Yes, he’s inside right now,” she replied.

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Robertson also spoke with neighbors Sunday who saw what happened.

“I just so happened to hear all this commotion,” said Curtis Ford. “So, I go down the street, look down here, there’s about five or six police cars.”

He lives just down the block and says he was home when police first pulled up and watched as crews tried to get the man to come out.

“The cops were saying to the guy, I’m not sure what the guy’s name is, but he was telling him to come outside,” Ford told Robertson. “We’re not going nowhere, we got to get you some help. It kind of freaks you out a little bit.”

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Kayden Noble reached out to the woman at the center of the standoff.

“I asked her if she wanted any help today, like do anything but she was like I’m at church and then after that, I checked up on her and she said that there’s cops at our house and then that was it,” she said.

News Center 7 is working with Dayton Police to confirm the name of the man and what kind of charges he may face.

We will continue to provide updates on this developing story.

INITIAL STORY:

A large police response has been reported in Dayton Sunday afternoon.

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Just before 12 p.m., police were called to the 200 block of Alaska Street to reports of a burglary in progress, according to Montgomery County regional dispatch.

SWAT was later called to the scene, according to dispatchers.

The public is asked to avoid the area.

Medics have been called to the scene, dispatch records confirm.

>> Large police presence called to Harrison Township home after reported shooting

News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson is at the scene. She reports officers are telling the male suspect he is under arrest and ordering him to come out of the home.

SWAT has thrown two rounds of smoke bombs toward the home.

Robertson spoke to a person who lives down the block who saw when police first arrived at the scene.

“I just so happened to hear all this commotion so I go down the street look down here there’s about five or six police cars,” said Curtis Ford. “It kind of freaks you out a little bit.”

>>PHOTOS: Large police presence called to Harrison Township home after reported shooting

Photos from the scene show officers with guns drawn taking cover behind their cruiser

Information was not available about what prompted SWAT to be called or if anyone is injured.

We have a News Center 7 crew on the scene and are working to learn more.

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