POWAY, Calif. (KGTV) — A man is in custody following a six-hour SWAT standoff in Poway on Saturday, sheriff said.
Deputies responded to a report of an altercation around 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the 13000 block of York Avenue, near the intersection of Scots Way, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
A man called 911 to report that his roommate had attacked him with a box cutter. The SWAT team was also called to the scene.
"You might see and hear our helicopter unit ASTREA making announcements overhead. There is no immediate danger to the public,'' the department reported.
Authorities closed York Avenue between Edgemoor Street and Scots Way during the incident.
Just after 8 p.m. Saturday, the SWAT standoff concluded peacefully, and 32-year-old Travis Miller was taken into custody without incident.
He will be booked at the San Diego Central Jail on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon and violating the conditions of his probation.
