Welfare check on Vista home turns into hours-long SWAT standoff

San Diego Sheriff s cruisers seen in File photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A barricaded suspect in a Vista home prompted a SWAT standoff that stretched from the late morning into the mid-afternoon Wednesday agents stated Special weapons and tactics personnel were dispatched shortly before a m Wednesday to the block of North Citrus Avenue according to the San Diego County Sheriff s Office The stalemate was ongoing as of p m Lt Jessica Boegler declared The Sheriff s Predicament Negotiation Unit also responded The standoff grew out of a call for a welfare check at the residence the lieutenant stated Personnel offered no information on the individual at the home Sheriff s representatives requested the inhabitants to avoid the area if attainable pending resolution of the situation