After ten rounds of gas shot into his home 67-year-old Virgil Lynn Spencer surrundered to the Amarillo SWAT team. The standoff came to a peaceful end around three Wednesday afternoon. Spencer was wanted on a parole violation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, he has now been booked into the Randall County Jail.
The original incident that the warrant stemmed from occurred in February of 2008 where Spencer was arrested for firing a weapon off at a neighbor's house.
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Officials with the Randall County Sheriff's Department tell Pronews 7 that the man is now in police custody. The SWAT team reportedly used gas to get the man out of the house.
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Randall County Sheriff's department trying to serve a warrant in the Tradewind area had to call in the SWAT team for some help this morning.
The standoff has been going on since 2:30 this morning, in the 3600 block of Willow. Authorities say the man is wanted for shooting off a firearm in a neighborhood. They say the man won't come to the door, and there is no threat to the public. We have a crew at the scene and will let you know any new information as it becomes available.
