UPDATE, 6:01 p.m. | The suspect has been arrested.
ORIGINAL STORY | Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department officers are currently involved in a standoff with a person suspected of aggravated assault.
The standoff is occurring in the 3200 block of east Linwood Boulevard at an apartment complex.
Captain Leslie Foreman, a KCPD press information officer, said officers spotted the suspect in the area of 23rd Street and Hardesty Avenue and knew he was wanted on an aggravated assault arrest warrant. When the officers tried to stop the car, the driver fled into a nearby apartment complex.
KCPD said the suspect is refusing to come out of an apartment. The suspect's car has been disabled.
Police have evacuated several of the apartments in the building, and several children were among those evacuated.
There has been no word on where the alleged assault occurred or the severity of the victim's injuries.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is available.
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