The Brief

SWAT teams in Thurston County engaged in a four-hour standoff with an assault suspect.

The suspect, wanted for second-degree assault with a firearm, was captured after attempting to flee.

No officers were injured, the suspect was treated for K9 bites, and the home sustained damage.

TENINO, Wash. - SWAT teams surrounded a house in Thurston County during an hours-long standoff with an assault suspect Wednesday afternoon.

The backstory:

Deputies and SWAT team members surrounded a house near Highway 99 SE and Tilley Road South outside Tenino in an hours-long standoff with a man who was wanted in an assault case.

The sheriff's office said that they got a tip that the man was at the home there and when deputies arrived to try to talk to him, he refused to come out.

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