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Police: Woman in custody after SWAT standoff in east Las Vegas

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Posted at 7:40 AM, Sep 29, 2022
and last updated 2022-09-29 10:40:17-04

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A woman is in police custody after a five-hour police standoff at a home in east Las Vegas on Thursday morning.

Police were called to a home in the 2200 block of Los Feliz Street, near Lake Mead Boulevard, after a woman threatened to set the house on fire.

At approximately 6:10 a.m., SWAT officers made entry into the house "and took the suspect safely into custody without significant injury," according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.

The woman was not identified.