3-hour-long standoff in Paris ends when fugitive surrenders

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A nearly three-hour-long standoff ended Wednesday after the fugitive surrendered.

Around 2:30 p.m., Paris police responded to a warrant arrest in the 500 block of 2nd Street N.E. According to Curtis Garrett of the Paris Police Department, officers made contact with the wanted person, 33-year-old Chadwick Durial Woodberry.

“While attempting to arrest Woodberry, Woodberry assaulted one officer by striking the officer on the head with an unknown object,” Garrett explained.

Garrett said a struggle ensued, and Woodberry attempted to take the officer’s service weapon.

“The officer was able to retreat from the residence,” Garrett added.

Woodberry then barricaded himself in the house. After a three-hour standoff, Woodberry surrendered. He was charged with aggravated assault on a public servant, attempting to take a weapon from an officer, and the original felony probation violation warrant for five counts of possession of a prohibited weapon.

He was later transferred to the Lamar County Jail.