A barricaded standoff with law enforcement Sept. 11 in Kingsland ended with the arrest of a man on an assault charge for allegedly strangling a woman earlier in the day.

According to the Llano County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call at around 10 a.m. Thursday reported that a man was attempting to break into a vehicle with a woman inside at a home in the 1000 block of Willow Drive.

The man fled the scene before LCSO deputies arrived. The woman involved identified him as 33-year-old Jesse Daniel Savage and told officers he had assaulted and strangled her.

Deputies began a search for Savage and discovered he had returned to the Willow Drive home and barricaded himself inside.

Law enforcement, including Texas Highway Patrol officers and LCSO crisis negotiators, surrounded the residence. After

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