Man surrenders after standoff in Nine Mile Falls
Spokane police spent several hours Saturday morning attempting to get a barricaded suspect to come out of a Nine Mile Falls home.
Blaze E. Smith, 43, finally surrendered after the SWAT team released a chemical agent inside the home, police said in a news release.
Police tracked a stolen vehicle to the home in the 13000 block of West Pine Bluff Road in Nine Mile Falls around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. Smith initially refused to come out and the SWAT team was called, police said.
Smith was booked into the Spokane County Jail on a charge of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
He was also wanted on several warrants.
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