RENTON, Wash. — Renton SWAT arrested a woman after she barricaded herself inside a residence for hours on Friday. Police responded to a threat of a woman with a knife at around 2 pm and when they arrived, others in the residence were able to safely escape while the woman barricaded herself inside, according to Renton Police.

Police say they were called to an apartment in the South St. Anthony Park neighborhood around 6:40 p.m. to check on an argument. Once they arrived to the 2400 block of Territorial Road, officers asked a man and a woman to leave their apartment.

Authorities first responded to the suspect firing a shot at someone and damaging vehicles with his own car. Authorities tried to get him to surrender and soon learned, he was gone.

SWAT ultimately located the woman hiding in a chest in the basement, according to Kettering police. Officers found a firearm and suspect meth and fentanyl in the home. Police notified a nearby school of the standoff and stopped all traffic until SWAT was able to clear the home.

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