TULSA, Okla. — A man is in custody after an hours long standoff with police at the Best Budget Inn near Admiral and Sheridan.
The Tulsa Police Department said they assisted the Department of Corrections in retrieving a man on probation who cut off his tracking ankle monitor.
TPD said they attempted to verbally get the man, identified as Carlos Rubalcaba, out of a motel room before they started with stronger measures.
Police used tear gas to force the man out of the room. TPD said Rubalcaba came out of the room coughing and tearing up due to the gas but continued not to follow police orders.
Officers fired pepper balls at Rubalcaba and was able to arrest him, TPD said.
EMSA cleared Rubalcaba and he was taken into police custody.
Out of precaution, Bell Elementary went on lockdown for around an hour for student's safety, a spokesperson for Tulsa Public Schools said. The lockdown was lifted just before pickup, and it did not disrupt normal routines.
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