WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – A seven-hour SWAT team standoff that began after a Premier Services CU was robbed ended late Tuesday night with three arrests in a residential neighborhood here.
Police were able to talk two of three robbery suspects out of a house and into giving themselves up. The third made a break for freedom but was captured in a neighboring yard.
Up to a dozen homes were evacuated because of the standoff, which began around 4 p.m. The Salt Lake County SWAT team had surrounded the house and taken positions throughout the neighborhood.
Police were staking out the neighborhood when the suspects' vehicle pulled up to a home. Three individuals were taken into custody as soon as they exited the vehicle. Police then learned there were other suspects inside the house.
Negotiations with the suspects in the house were conducted with a bullhorn, and the standoff was resolved around 11 p.m.
