Suspect in custody after SWAT standoff in north Lubbock neighborhood

After nearly 6 1/2 hours, a Lubbock Police Department SWAT team took a suspect into custody following a standoff in a north Lubbock neighborhood.

39-year-old Joshua Molinar was taken into custody at 6:41 p.m. and will be charged with aggravated kidnapping with bodily harm, according to LPD.

LPD did not immediately provide any further information about the suspect or what may have led to the situation.

The incident started with police and later the SWAT team responding to the the 2600 block of Colgate Street at about 12:23 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a disturbance in the area, according to a statement earlier in the day from the Lubbock Police Department.

Lubbock police were asking people in the immediate area to stay indoors as a SWAT team and police negotiators were at the scene of the ongoing standoff.

Although there was no immediate threat to the public, police officials said the scene remained active shortly before 3 p.m. and asked people to avoid the area, requesting nearby residents stay indoors.

LPD sent another update just before 6:40 Wednesday evening stating officers were still on scene and "continue to be in contact with the involved subject and continue to work to bring the situation to an end." Three minutes later, the suspect was apprehended.

A large police presence in the area included officers from Lubbock Independent School District police, according to reporters on the scene. A spokesperson for Lubbock ISD said there was no threat to any of the three campuses in the vicinity.

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This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Joshua Molinar arrested after hourslong SWAT standoff in north Lubbock