Texas police rescue family from barricaded subject near Houston | Texas

MANVEL, TX — Early Thursday morning, police rescued a family from a barricaded subject wielding a knife in their home.

On June 20, 2024, at approximately 4:12 a.m., officers from the Manvel Police Department and the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department responded to a residence in Laguna Bend in the Rodeo Palms subdivision regarding an individual threatening members of his family with a knife. Upon arrival, officers discovered that the individual had barricaded himself inside the residence with the knife and his family members.

After unsuccessful attempts to remove the individual, the police entered the residence by force. They managed to save the family members and eventually took the individual into custody. The individual was taken to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department, where he will be charged with unlawful restraint and resisting arrest, according to the press release.