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SWAT callout in northwest Austin ends

A family disturbance prompted APD to send out a team of SWAT officers to the apartment complex near Parmer Lane and McNeil Road.

A man is in custody after a standoff with police involving SWAT officers. According to Demetri Hobbs of the Austin Police Department, a woman called 911 Saturday morning regarding her boyfriend who holed himself up in an apartment with the woman's two kids. 

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The woman told police her boyfriend threatened to shoot if she called authorities but officers managed to "dynamically" take the suspect down with minor injuries.

APD says there is no threat to the public.

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