MAPLE HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – The SWAT team responded to a standoff situation at a Maple Heights home early Monday morning after two women were assaulted by an armed man. According to Maple Heights police, officers were called to a residence near Thomas Street and Raymond Street after receiving reports of assaults on two women. Police […]

CLEVELAND — A SWAT situation ended with a stabbing suspect under arrest on Cleveland’s west side. It happened Friday after police say a man barricaded himself inside a home on W. 123rd Street near Belden Avenue. The man is accused of stabbing his 30-year-old sister. The SWAT situation ended after police brought the suspect and […]

Twenty-one-year-old Alteria Woods was an innocent victim who was caught in the crosshairs between the father of her unborn child and local police.

TWINSBURG, OH – Multiple police departments as well as SWAT teams were called out to a Twinsburg neighborhood Sunday evening for a stand off in a home there. The first calls came in at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday when residents of East Idlewood Avenue heard gunshots. Police arrived on the scene to find one man […]

CLEVELAND— The Cleveland Division of Police says its gang impact unit continues to investigate a SWAT situation in the Warehouse District Monday night. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at Krush Clothing on West 9th Street at about 7 p.m. According to police, officers learned there may be suspects inside the store with guns. […]

CLEVELAND – Four suspects took at least one person hostage at a restaurant on Cleveland’s west side, according to a police source. The source told newsnet5.com the suspect who had the gun escaped. Cleveland police said there is a suspect barricaded inside a building with a civilian. SWAT was called to scene, the source said. Cleveland […]

CLEVELAND — Police have closed several blocks on Superior Avenue in connection with an armed suspect on the east side of Cleveland. Officials have blocked off Superior Avenue from East 118th until East 123rd streets. Police say they were called out to the area after a nearby business owner noticed a man waving a long […]

  LORAIN, OH (WOIO) – A standoff with Lorain County Sheriff’s Office and Lorain police ended with one man dead in the early morning hours Monday. Torrey T. Hill had knocked on the door of a female who had an active Temporary Protection Order against him.  When she didn’t respond he reportedly broke her car window and fled. Deputies […]

  CLEVELAND – Cleveland Police have confirmed that a suspect was found dead in his apartment after a four-hour stand off with police. Police and a SWAT team responded to the incident this morning after a report of shots fired at the high-rise apartment building in the 10600 block of St Clair near E. 106th […]

  It is not known what role the victim had in the situation prior to police and SWAT arrival.   (CNN) — A man who police said was 107 years old was killed in a confrontation with SWAT officers Saturday night. Police were called to a home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where suspect Monroe Isadore […]

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – One person has been arrested from an overnight standoff in Garfield Heights. The SWAT team was called to the apparent shooting and standoff on Grace Avenue near East 104th Street overnight. Police tell 19 Action News they received a call for someone breaking into a home. During the 9-1-1 call, […]

EUCLID, OH (WOIO) – A standoff ends peacefully, three hours after it began. And, Euclid Police Officers say two burglary suspects are now in custody. The SWAT team was called to a home on East 193rd around 11 a-m Monday. A neighbor saw two suspicious people around the home and called police. When officers arrived, they were able […]