Rowlett police said an 8-month-old boy was found dead at a home Friday night, which lead to a standoff with the child’s father, who was later taken into custody.
This started at 7 p.m., when officers were called out to a welfare check in the 3000 block of Silver Springs Way.
A woman called police and said her husband was taking care of their infant child, and he was acting strange.Police were able to open the garage, where they found an unresponsive child in a car seat. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. It was learned that the man in the home had a handgun, so police set up a perimeter and evacuated nearby houses.Child among 3 dead in crash with suspected drunk wrong-way driver in SeagovilleGas irritants were used by police to get him to leave the home peacefully and SWAT units used a drone and robot to check on the man, but police said those methods were unsuccessful.
At about 2 a.m., SWAT went into the home and took the man into custody. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries, and then detained. He is facing multiple felony charges.Police said three SWAT team members were treated at a hospital as well.
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