A 29-year-old man was taken into custody after a six-hour SWAT callout stemming from a report of shots fired Monday morning in a Shallowater home.
Deputies were dispatched to the 5400 block of North County Road 1570 at 5:03 a.m. Monday in reference to shots fired. When law enforcement arrived, they could hear shots being fired inside the residence, according to a release from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office.
During the initial investigation deputies were able to determine Joshua Nail was the only person inside the residence. Negotiators attempted to contact Nail to de-escalate the situation, but he allegedly refused to leave the residence, according to the news release.
At approximately 11:06 a.m. officials took him into custody without incident on a warrant issued for deadly conduct. Other circumstances leading to the standoff were not immediately clear as the investigation is ongoing.