POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Deputies handcuffed several suspects after a standoff involving the Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT team on Sunday in Pompano Beach.
BSO deputies and a Coral Springs Police Department unit were at an apartment building between Sunset Drive and North Riverside Drive at Northwest Fourth Street.
According to Gerdy St. Louis, a BSO spokeswoman, deputies were searching for two suspects after an armed robbery early Sunday morning at Sunset Drive and Northeast Third Street.
“The subjects have refused to exit the home,” St. Louis said.
Quinto Perichon, a neighbor, said deputies repeated loud commands: “Come out with your hands up!” The standoff lasted for hours. Perichon said he was so close that deputies ordered him to stay inside his home when he opened his front door.
“I was scared ... It takes one silly person to just fire a shot and that’s when things get messy,” Perichon said.
Hunter O’Hanian, who was also in the area, shared photographs with Local 10 News showing deputies were questioning three people in handcuffs. The investigation was still ongoing on Sunday evening.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
This is a developing story. Local 10 News Photojournalist Myron Williams and Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.