A search for an adult male who was believed to have barricaded himself into a northside Columbus home following a family disturbance is continuing after Columbus SWAT team members searched the home and could not find him.
Columbus police were initially called to the northside Columbus home at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, believing the man was barricaded with a gun in the home making threats.
The standoff ended at 7:30 p.m. when Columbus Police Department SWAT team members entered the home and searched it, but found it empty. About 20 to 30 police officers were at the scene for most of the afternoon and evening at a home on Aspen Lane in Flatrock Park North subdivision.
Columbus police spokesman Lt. Matt Harris said police took the precautions necessary based on the information they had and utilized the resources to keep officers safe, and the adult male safe as well.
The one-story ranch-style home in the 1000 block of Aspen is near the intersection of Northeastern Boulevard, just west of River Road on the western edge of the Columbus Municipal Airport.
The person who was believed to be holding police at bay was identified by neighbors as the 40-year-old son of the homeowners who lived at the Aspen Lane home, which is on the northern edge of the Columbus city limits.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
