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
Another real crime solved by the SLT Police. A dangerous situation was defused and the suspect taken into custody without incident or injury. Well done!
Good job law enforcement! Great to get some of these dangers off the streets.
Good job SLTPD.
It’s nice to see some people praising the local PD for their work.
The violent crime increase in SLT is disturbing.
Great job, sigh of relief. But does anyone know if the 2 suspects in the June drive-by Bonanza Ave. shooting are still at large? Are these the same or rival gangs? I know they picked up a guy from one of the gangs, but last I heard the 2 men living near Bonanza were still missing.
Yes, still at large.
https://www.laketahoenews.net/2012/07/1-arrest-in-shooting-in-s-tahoe-2-others-sought/
Kathryn Reed, LTN publisher
the guy who did the shooting and the people that got shot at are Dope Dealers
its a Herion thing