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Blue Springs, MO —
Three people were arrested Monday evening following a standoff in Blue Springs.
Sgt. Joe Fanara, spokesperson for police, said police were called to a hit-and-run incident at about 3 p.m. on Missouri 7 near Keystone Drive.
A woman and her daughter were in a vehicle on Missouri 7 when an unidentified man struck their vehicle and left the scene. The pair sustained minor injuries.
Witnesses said the driver then got out of the vehicle and ran into a home in the 300 block of Southwest Stonewood Court, where two others were inside.
Police surrounded the home after the man barricaded himself inside and refused to come out. The original two occupants – a female and a male – later emerged and were taken into custody. They were wanted on several warrants, according to Fanara, including drug charges, but they were not involved in the hit-and-run.
Police negotiated with the man. Many neighbors left their homes on their own.
“There was no threat to the neighbors,” Fanara said.
Eventually the man emerged from the house near midnight and surrendered. He, too, was wanted on several warrants. Fanara said the combination of outstanding warrants and the hit-and-run incident were likely the cause “of his barricading himself in the house.”
There were no other injuries.
The names of those charged, and the charges, were not released Tuesday afternoon.
Three people were arrested Monday evening following a standoff in Blue Springs.
Sgt. Joe Fanara, spokesperson for police, said police were called to a hit-and-run incident at about 3 p.m. on Missouri 7 near Keystone Drive.
A woman and her daughter were in a vehicle on Missouri 7 when an unidentified man struck their vehicle and left the scene. The pair sustained minor injuries.
Witnesses said the driver then got out of the vehicle and ran into a home in the 300 block of Southwest Stonewood Court, where two others were inside.
Police surrounded the home after the man barricaded himself inside and refused to come out. The original two occupants – a female and a male – later emerged and were taken into custody. They were wanted on several warrants, according to Fanara, including drug charges, but they were not involved in the hit-and-run.
Police negotiated with the man. Many neighbors left their homes on their own.
“There was no threat to the neighbors,” Fanara said.
Eventually the man emerged from the house near midnight and surrendered. He, too, was wanted on several warrants. Fanara said the combination of outstanding warrants and the hit-and-run incident were likely the cause “of his barricading himself in the house.”
There were no other injuries.
The names of those charged, and the charges, were not released Tuesday afternoon.
