Las Vegas police swarmed a residential block near North Christy Lane and East Judson Avenue Saturday afternoon after a report of a barricaded person inside a home, sending SWAT officers and crisis negotiators to the scene to try to talk the individual into surrendering.
Police responded to reports of the barricade shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to 8 News Now, while News 3 pinned the department's report of the incident at around 12:41 p.m. Both outlets placed the standoff at a residence in the same northeast valley neighborhood, with 8 News Now describing the area as near Christy Lane and Judson Avenue, close to Lake Mead and Nellis boulevards. FOX5 Las Vegas also reported SWAT's response to the scene.
Negotiators Working to Bring Standoff to a Close
Police said SWAT officers and crisis negotiators were on scene attempting to convince the subject to surrender, per the same News 3 report. The station noted that the details were preliminary and that more information would be provided once it became available, leaving the outcome of Saturday's standoff unresolved as of the report.
No information has been released identifying the person barricaded inside the home, nor has a motive or further detail about the residence been made public. Hoodline will update this story as confirmed information becomes available.
Same Intersection Saw a Standoff Nearly a Decade Earlier
The Saturday incident unfolded almost exactly nine years after a previous standoff at the same intersection. A 2017 barricade situation near East Judson Avenue and North Christy Lane began around 11:30 a.m. and did not end until roughly 6 p.m. that day, about seven hours later, according to News 3's reporting at the time. When that standoff concluded, the subject was not in police custody, and officers said they were still actively trying to locate the person. Several roads in the area had been blocked during that 2017 response, with police saying at the time that they expected the closures to lift shortly.
