LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Police are asking the public to avoid the area where they are investigating after a SWAT standoff in east Las Vegas.
According to information shared with Channel 13, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance in the 5400 block of Eastbrook Drive just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.
SWAT and crisis negotiators were called to the neighborhood just off Charleston Boulevard in the east valley after a man "refused to comply with commands from officers."
As of 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, police say the man was taken into custody "without incident."
They also say this is an ongoing investigation.
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