SAN ANTONIO — A man surrendered Sunday afternoon following an hours-long standoff with SWAT and Bexar County deputies on the far west side of the county.
Speaking to reporters Sunday evening, Sheriff Javier Salazar said the situation had been resolved peacefully. The man, 55, was not identified, and Salazar said he was being taken to the hospital for mental health treatment.
Around 3 p.m. Sunday, BCSO told residents to avoid the 2800 block of High Castle after residents had reported a person walking through the area with a rifle.
Salazar provided further updates a few hours later, and he said deputies were called to the residence around 2 p.m. Deputies determined there was a domestic dispute between a 55-year-old man and a young woman who lives with him at his residence.
The man stepped out of his house "geared up," Salazar said and was wearing a kevlar vest and brandishing an AR-15 style rifle. The deputies took cover, and the suspect retreated back into the home.
Salazar repeatedly urged the suspect to turn himself in, saying he's "doing great" in communication with the sheriff's office.
The sheriff said he believed the man is going through "some sort of mental episode," likely brought on by PTSD symptoms or "family stressers."
Salazar did say his office had dealt with the man before in the last few months, and that since then he'd obtained the weapon. The sheriff said investigators were working to determine how he managed to get the weapon.
Authorities are continuing their investigation at the home, where deputies are conducting a secondary search of the property -- which Salazar called "standard protocol" in SWAT situations.