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SWAT team takes man into custody in Hungry Horse

TERESA BYRD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 10 months AGO
by TERESA BYRD
Staff Writer | February 6, 2020 2:47 PM

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Department has taken a man into custody after a standoff in Hungry Horse Tuesday evening.

Details are still very sketchy, but the man first ran into a vacation rental on River Drive earlier in the afternoon and asked the renters, who were in the hot tub at the time, for a place to hide.

The man in the hot tub, an active duty Air Force veteran on vacation with his wife, said he shoved the fugitive out of the house, the veteran told the Hungry Horse News. The fugitive then ran down the road, apparently with police in pursuit and took refuge in another house. The veteran declined to give his name, but he described him as male about 5-feet-11 inches with longer black hair pulled into a “man bun.”

About 5:15 p.m. a large boom could be heard near the house where the fugitive was.

The fugitive was taken into custody about 7 p.m.

Initial scanner reports indicated the fugitive may have been hit with a Taser during the initial pursuit. Numerous law enforcement responded to the scene including the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department, the Columbia Falls Police Department, the Kalispell Special Response Team, Montana Highway Patrol and others. This story will be updated when more information becomes available.

This story was updated at 7 p.m.

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Flathead County SWAT team members respond to a fugitive holed up in a house in Hungry Horse Tuesday evening. (Teresa Byrd photo)

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