TOLEDO, Ohio — A suspect is in custody Thursday night after a standoff in north Toledo.
Police described the standoff as a "tactical situation." SWAT and Toledo police responded to the incident.
Our WTOL 11 crew on the scene saw one person exit the house around 10:15 p.m. That person was taken into custody.
The incident started earlier Thursday night. Officers were called to an area hospital for a victim shot and an investigation led to a scene on N. Ontario Street.
It was there that officers and SWAT established a perimeter at a location linked to the shooting.
The victim has non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect was taken downtown for questioning.
Alfonso Narvaez lives nearby. Narvaez is the president of ONE Village Council, which gives the voiceless a voice.
Narvaez tells our WTOL 11 crew on the scene that he heard gunshots around 8:30 p.m.
"I heard some popping noise. Late the past couple nights, there’s been fireworks going off, so I didn’t think of it," Narvaez said. "Then a minute later, that’s when I heard sirens."
The shooting leaves Narvaez uneasy.
"It’s the third incident now," he said. "It’s disappointing and obviously we don’t know all the facts yet, but, we have to come together as a neighborhood, we have to continue to be active in our community, we have to think about long-term solutions. But right now, this neighborhood has got to settle down."
North Toledo was the site of the city's first homicide in 2022. A community activist, Narvaez works closely with his neighborhood.
"A lot of neighbors are in fear right now with the two homicides that happened last week," he said. "I think the neighborhood’s just fearful right now. We just got to come together and we need resources from the city of Toledo to be active here in the neighborhood."
He's been working with the city and police initiatives to improve the quality of life in the area as north Toledo experiences an uptick in violence.
"It's just a little too close to home."
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