Overview
- Officers answered an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call and identified 37-year-old Joseph Angel Palacios as the attacker, according to police.
- After officers found him at a Motel 6 on North Harbor Boulevard, he barricaded himself in a room and negotiators worked for hours to end the standoff.
- A woman who was in the room walked out during negotiations, and police later said she had been there by choice.
- SWAT secured the area and closed Harbor Boulevard between 17th Street and Washington Avenue while talks continued.
- Palacios surrendered and was booked on attempted murder, and police say he is linked to a January homicide as they assess whether he had a weapon.