WEST CHESTER, Ohio. — The subject involved in an hours-long standoff with police has been taken into custody on Saturday afternoon, WCPO can report. They were seen being brought into a police cruiser, and guests were allowed back inside the hotel.
Police evacuated the Quality Inn in West Chester during an active situation with a suspect, according to a release from the West Chester Police Department.
The release states that at 11:29 p.m. on Friday, West Chester PD responded to reports of an armed person in a parking lot and a possible stolen vehicle.
Several individuals fled on foot into nearby woods. K9 units and drones were deployed in response. At 12:14 a.m., three subjects were detained.
Upon further investigation, officers learned that a fourth person was staying in a nearby hotel room at a Quality Inn on Cincinnati Dayton Road and was possibly armed. Officers attempted to contact the individual on Saturday morning, but the subject refused to leave the room.
At approximately 12:40 p.m., West Chester PD confirmed that the suspect was taken into custody, and Cincinnati Dayton Road reopened.
The individual was identified as Joshua Price, 36. He has been charged with aggravated robbery, weapons under disability and fourth-degree misdemeanor domestic violence.
