ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Metropolitan and St. Louis County police assisted the U.S. Marshals Service after a wanted person barricaded himself inside a home in the city's Lafayette Square neighborhood Tuesday morning, St. Louis Metropolitan police said.
St. Louis Metropolitan police said they were called in to help the U.S. Marshals in arresting a "wanted suspect" Tuesday morning shortly after 7 a.m. at a home located in the 2300 block of Albion Place. Police said the Marshals' request included the department's SWAT team.
The scene was about two blocks from Lafayette Park. The police department closed Jefferson Avenue between Lafayette and Park avenues during the ongoing investigation.
At about 10 a.m., police and SWAT officers with shields and other armor entered a home on the street.
Minutes before noon, the suspect came out of the home and was taken into police custody uninjured.
"One shot was fired by the subject and a '7250' was activated and we talked the subject out of the residence and there are no reported injuries," Lt. Bill March with St. Louis Metropolitan police said.
Police have not said what the suspect is accused of, which led to them being wanted.
However, a spokesperson with the U.S. Marshals said Tuesday afternoon, that the suspect had a federal, pre-trial violation and failed to maintain status while being out on bond.
Neighbors told 5 On Your Side the suspect was a man in his 60s who would occasionally volunteer to take out people's trash and change their oil.
"Soon as I moved here, he just automatically took to us and we took to him. He checks our oil for us in the summertime and he always stops and speaks," Nakesha Smith, a neighbor, said.
The SWAT team said the man's name over and over again, trying to get him out of the house safely and answer the phone.
"There was one other person in the residence at the time and that person came out willingly," March said.
March said the other person who exited the home was not taken into custody.
Keshia Moore said her son was at school nearby and she said the situation hit too close to home.
"I'm covering myself daily, covering my kids ... cover your children, this is the time we're in," Moore said.
The U.S. Marshals tell us the FBI and SLMPD will lead the ongoing investigation.
This breaking news story will be updated when more information becomes available.