2-hour standoff ends with shooting suspect behind bars

After a two-hour standoff with South Lake Tahoe police officers, the man believed to have fired six shots into a house on Nevada Avenue on Friday night is in custody.

Officers tracked Agustin Bautista, 29, to the Ambassador Motor Lodge on Manzanita Avenue near Stateline after following his girlfriend there Thursday afternoon. Sgt. Shannon Laney told Lake Tahoe News that officers saw Bautista in the window so they knew they had the right room.

Agustin Bautista

He said the suspect then barricaded himself in the room. Bautista was believed to be armed based on prior weapons violation arrests, and that a shotgun and pistol had been confiscated from his house in past six days. However, no additional weapons were found Aug. 16.

After a two-hour standoff involving the SWAT and negotiation teams, Bautista surrendered without incident at 5:30pm.

Bautista faces charges of violating his probation and shooting into an inhabited building.

Sgt. Brad Williams told Lake Tahoe News officers are looking into Bautista’s potential gang affiliation.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report