By David Rosen and Ty Swenson

A standoff with a man, barricaded in a room at the Seattle West Inn & Suites at 3512 Alaska Street s.w. is over.

Police responded to a report of a disturbance at around 5:00 a.m. and encountered a man outside the motel who appeared to have a knife. They told him to drop it; he ran into a room at the motel, and barricaded himself.

“There was a man outside the hotel, basically yelling and screaming so patrol officers responded. They arrived at the motel and they encountered a man that wasn’t wearing a shirt outside, very agitated and screaming” Det. Mark Jamieson with the Seattle Police Department said.

“(When) officers attempted to contact him he immediately ran into the motel room so officers continued to try to talk to him through the window and through the door but to no avail, so about an hour into it they decided to call negotiators and our SWAT team,” Det. Jamieson said.

Just before 7 am, SPD decided to tape off the area.

Det. Jamieson said negotiators attempted to establish a dialogue with the man for several hours with no progress.

Det. Jamieson said in a statement, “The situation was resolved at 10:15 a.m. (The) individual was barricaded, negotiators on scene, swat here on scene, tear gas was used and put into the room and forced the individual to come out, he was taken into custody without incident and the fire department treated him for effects from the tear gas and he was transported to Harborview hospital."

He is a male in his early 40’s.

They are not certain of but are looking at charges.

“I don’t know if he made any specific threats or anything,” Det. Jamieson said. “This may just be a mental issue situation.”

Jamieson concluded, "They did a great job and this is something that they train for and do on a regular basis. It did seem like we were out here for a long time bit it just shows that they were patient, very deliberate and very good resolution.”