SAN DIEGO — A woman who was allegedly breaking windows and other things at a San Ysidro home early Monday refused to surrender when police arrived, prompting a SWAT standoff that continued through the late morning and into the afternoon.
The standoff has ended and the woman is in custody, according to San Diego Police Department.
The disturbance was reported shortly before 6:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Avenida de la Madrid, just west of Interstate 805 and south of state Route 905, according to the San Diego Police Department.
After officers tried in vain for about an hour to persuade the suspect -- who was believed to be alone in the residence and wielding a knife at times -- to give herself up peaceably, police called in special weapons and tactics personnel, SDPD spokesman Scott Lockwood said.
Authorities put nearby La Miranda Elementary School into lockdown status as a precaution as classes got underway there for the day.
It was unclear what might have prompted the alleged destructive outburst on the part of the 32-year-old woman, who does not live in the home where she was holed up. Police did not disclose whether she had any relationship to anybody who resides at the address.
The law enforcement standoff was ongoing in the early afternoon, SDPD public-affairs Lt. Adam Sharki said.
This is a developing story.