SPRINGFIELD — UPDATE @ 5:30 p.m.:
A standoff blocked off streets in Springfield for several hours on Monday morning.
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Around 4:15 a.m. Springfield officers were called to the 800 block of East Main Street to do a court-approved search warrant.
Officers were shot at by a suspect at the address, according to a media release.
Springfield’s SWAT team was called ot respond.
It was later determined that the suspect had left the scene before SWAT’s arrival.
News Center 7’s Amber Jenkins spoke with one woman who was surprised that their Monday morning started with a SWAT situation.
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Tamara Martin was in one of the vehicles trying to find a way around the large police presence on East Main Street.
“Mostly on a busy road, but we have had other standoffs here before,” Martin said.
The detour caused quite a stir on social media.
“I don’t know what’s going on. I just heard some stuff. Somebody told me it was a shoot-off like around 4 o’clock this morning,” Martin said.
After some time, SWAT officers left the scene, and Main Street reopened after the six-hour standoff.
No one was hurt.
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