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Police standoff with assault suspect at south KCMO apartment complex

Police in standoff with assault suspect
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UPDATE 3/5/2017 10:10 P.M.: The police standoff on Locust has ended after the suspect exited the residence and was taken into custody.

ORIGINAL STORY 3/4/2017:

Police are in a standoff with an assault suspect at an apartment complex in the 9900 block of Locust.

Officers were called to the area around 8 p.m. Saturday on the report of a woman screaming in the street.

When they arrived, the woman told them she was assaulted and threatened with a gun by the suspect while in his apartment. 

The woman was transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. 

The man is refusing to exit the apartment and negotiators are en route to the scene. 

No further details were immediately available.