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Dallas Police End Standoff Near Elementary School

An hours-long standoff between four people and Dallas police ended at a home where an armed robbery suspect barricaded himself inside Wednesday morning. [[391855771,C]]

Dallas police said a person called and reported they were robbed at about 3:30 a.m. Officers responded to a house on the corner of Estacado Drive and Monterrey Avenue after the victim reported seeing the robber go inside.

According to police, the robbery suspect, along with two men and a woman, ran to the back of the house, turned off all the lights, and refused to exit the home.

At about 7 a.m., two men and a woman surrounded to police outside the home. However, the robbery suspect remained inside, police said. SWAT officers later stormed the house and arrested the man.

Police said they searched the house and found no one else inside.

Casa View Elementary School was placed into a "modified lockdown," meaning no outdoor activities, for the duration of the standoff.

No further information has been released.

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