A 34-year-old Royal Oak woman is facing felony charges after police say she fired a gun at her boyfriend as he tried to leave her home, then barricaded herself inside for more than four hours before surrendering to a SWAT team. Kyronda Tate was arraigned and released on a $50,000 bond following the standoff, which played out on the 1200 block of S. Wilson Avenue.
According to CBS News, the boyfriend called 911 from Canton on Nov. 11 and reported that his girlfriend had fired a gun at him as he was leaving her home. Royal Oak police said the shooting did not strike him. Officers were then called to the home on S. Wilson Avenue, where Tate refused to answer police, according to the same report.
Hours-Long Standoff Ends Peacefully
Police said Tate remained barricaded inside her home for over four hours before the Oakland County SWAT Team responded to the scene on Nov. 12. The outlet's report notes that the SWAT team was preparing to enter Tate's home when she exited and surrendered voluntarily without further incident.
Her case was then presented to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office that same day. Prosecutors authorized one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, a four-year felony, and one count of resisting or obstructing a police officer, a two-year felony, the station reports.
Charges and What Comes Next
Tate was arraigned in 44th District Court and received a $50,000 bond before being released from custody. Per the same account, her next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 20 in 44th District Court.
The maximum penalties tied to the two counts are laid out in Michigan law. Under MCL 750.82, assault with a dangerous weapon is punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000. The resisting-or-obstructing count, under MCL 750.81d, carries up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000.
Royal Oak's History With Barricade Calls
This is not the first time an Oakland County SWAT Team has been called to a Royal Oak barricade situation. In a separate incident described by Audacy / WWJ Newsradio, police responded to what they called a violent domestic dispute between a father and his 34-year-old son, and SWAT used a drone and a robot to search the house during negotiations.
Back in December 2019, a standoff involving a suicidal man unfolded at a Royal Oak business on Fernlee near 14 Mile and Coolidge, as reported by Patch. Oakland County SWAT officers took over the inner perimeter, and the situation ended just before 5 a.m. when rubber bullets temporarily disabled the man, who was taken into custody and transported to a hospital.
And in March 2024, Royal Oak officers responded to a reported assault at a home on the 1600 block of Whitcomb, where a man barricaded himself inside with his wife and two children, according to Oakland County 115. That standoff lasted three hours before the Oakland County SWAT team took the man into custody, with negotiators from Troy Police and the Oakland County Sheriff's Office assisting.
