VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) – A woman was found dead and a man was arrested following a lengthy standoff in a Vista neighborhood Wednesday.
At around 10 a.m., deputies conducting a welfare check at a home in the 700 block of N. Citrus Avenue arrived to find a woman dead “with obvious signs of trauma,” according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies searching the home found a man barricaded inside a bedroom, prompting a call to a SWAT unit and crisis negotiators “to deescalate the situation.”
The man refused to exit the room, leading to a standoff that lasted several hours.
By 6:30 p.m., sheriff’s officials said the man “was taken safely into custody and arrested for murder,” but no other details were released.
Sheriff’s officials said Homicide Unit detectives are investigating the incident.
