Overview
- Officers responded around 5:14 a.m. after a caller reported a FaceTime admission of a killing and said they saw a body on the floor.
- Police observed a deceased man through a window at the South Warren Street home and contacted the woman inside, who refused to come out.
- The suspect made suicidal and homicidal statements, prompting a Special Response Team deployment and crisis negotiations.
- Officers used tear gas and non-lethal rounds during the hours-long standoff before the woman surrendered nearly five hours after negotiators engaged.
- The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor hand lacerations, and police say her livestreamed claim of a drug-related motive remains unconfirmed.