Man arrested after barricading himself in apartment with woman hostage, shooting at police

A man has been arrested after barricading himself in a Houston-area apartment with a hostage after shooting at police.

The scene was first reported by Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez around 8:30 p.m. Friday night. Authorities with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance call in the 500 block of Normandy Street in Greens Bayou.

When authorities arrived, they were met with gunfire, before the shooter fled into an apartment.

An hour after the initial confrontation, Sheriff Gonzalez reported that the man had an adult female hostage in the unit with him. The Harris County SWAT team was on scene.

Twenty minutes after this report, it was announced that the man had been taken into custody without further incident. The female hostage was not injured during the arrest.