Assault suspect taken into custody after standoff at Seattle apartment



SEATTLE -- Seattle police took a suspect into custody around 9 a.m. Tuesday after a reported assault on Rainier Ave. S.

Police said the suspect was barricaded inside an apartment for several hours.

Officers were first called to the scene for the report of domestic violence around 6 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital after being hit in the face by the suspect, police said.

Around 8:30 a.m., the suspect released the four children who were inside the apartment.

The suspect was on the 6th floor of the building in the 3800 block of Rainier Ave. S near S. Charlestown St. Police said the apartment building had been evacuated.