HURST, Texas — A North Texas man was arrested Sunday evening after stealing items from Walmart, running from police and barricading himself in a nearby house, according to police.
The Hurst Police Department (HPD) said officers responded at approximately 12:40 p.m. Sunday to a theft in progress call at Walmart, located at 1732 Precinct Line Rd. Police said the man was reportedly concealing items in his pockets.
The man ran away from officers, HPD said, and barricaded himself in a residence on Green Tree Drive. Hurst police officers and members of the SWAT team established a perimeter around the residence and made contact with the suspect by phone, the department said in a Facebook post.
The man surrendered to officers after almost two hours of negotiations and was taken into custody without further incident, police said.
He was charged with several offenses including warrants out of numerous agencies, according to HPD.
Harwood Road was blocked while the SWAT incident was going on.
No further information was immediately available.
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