(Photo by John Palminteri) Santa Barbara Police at the scene of a nearly 12 hour standoff Tuesday. No serious injuries were reported.
Police say man attacked officer, but no serious injuries reported
A nearly 12 hour standoff with a man on the South Coast ended without serious injuries, when tear gas was used to get him to come out of an apartment and surrender.
It started just after 12 a.m. Tuesday, on the 100 block of Oceano Avenue in Santa Barbara. That’s in the city’s Mesa area.
Police were called to the scene by reports of a disturbance. The man was breaking out windows of an apartment. Police say he attacked one of the officers, but no serious injuries were reported. Some nearby apartments were evacuated.
Santa Barbara police use tear gas canisters inside apartment; shelter-in-place lifted for the area in Mesa neighborhood
Santa Barbara Police were engaged in an hours-long standoff on Tuesday with a man who allegedly caused a disturbance at an apartment complex on the Mesa. Several streets were blocked off in the area. (Jade Martinez-Pogue / Noozhawk photo) By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol | UPDATED 12:15 p.m.
May 25, 2021
| 8:40 a.m.
Santa Barbara Police were engaged in an hours-long standoff on Tuesday with a man who allegedly caused a disturbance at an apartment complex on the Mesa.
A shelter-in-place order for the area of Oceano Avenue was lifted midday after the man complied with police and was taken into custody, Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale said.