WYOMING, Mich. — Police have apprehended a suspect in Wyoming after an hours-long search Thursday.
The Wyoming Police Department (WPD) says an assault suspect ran from officers near the intersection of Oakcrest Street and Clyde Park Avenue at around 11:30 a.m.
Chris Romo was looking inside his garage when he saw the man police were looking for.
"[It] scared me at first; my first reaction, reaction, just to hit him. So I hit him once, and then I jumped off the truck and yelled at the police officer that I found him," Romo added.
The homeowner immediately ran to the police when he saw the wanted man.
"I knew the cops were, like, three houses down; they were quite a ways already. So I just ran to the street, and I saw one of the guys, 'Hey, over here,' yelling. 'I found him. He's over here. He's already in the garage,'" Chris Romo said.
We’re told the incident prompted a large police presence in the area until the suspect was located and apprehended around 2:45 p.m. in the 3900 block of Clyde Park Avenue.
Romo explains that the man must have gone through an unlocked door to hide up in the rafters.
"This morning, when I left, I had left the main door unlocked, and when I was going in, it was locked," Romo said.
A FOX 17 photojournalist was at the scene during a portion of the search. A witness said he saw at least a dozen officers, many of them with weapons drawn.
Another neighbor recounted seeing the suspect jump between people's backyards.
"[Police] did a good job. They had everything barricaded. They let me know what was going on without too many details. So I felt pretty safe with all of them around," Mailary Barton said.
Police say nearby schools were notified out of an abundance of caution.
WPD thanks community members who offered tips as to the suspect’s whereabouts as well as other law enforcement agencies who helped look for the suspect.
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