Man taken into custody after standoff with police in Huntsville Walmart parking lot, officials say

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) — A man is in custody after an active situation that happened in a Huntsville-area Walmart Sunday evening, the Huntsville Police Department said in a Facebook post.

Officials said that at about 6 p.m. officers were dispatched to a possible intoxicated person causing a disturbance near Little Caesars Pizza in the 100 block of IH-45 South.

When officers arrived, they found the suspect and attempted to detain him, but he sped off in a vehicle to a Walmart parking lot, where he parked and refused to get out, authorities said.

The area was secured to contain the situation, and after a short standoff, he was taken into custody, police said.

According to police, no shots were fired, and no one was hurt during the incident.

This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.