SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — San Angelo Police Chief Travis Griffith hosted a press conference giving new details on the SWAT incident that occurred in the early afternoon of August 28.

Griffith elaborated more on the incident and what precautions the police and SWAT had to take, along with the identity of the suspect.

"The suspect is named Joshua Showels, and he is 34 years of age," Griffith said. "We isolated him to a particular location on the 300 block of East 8th Street. We tried multiple avenues to bring it to a peaceful conclusion, and upon contact with the suspect, this was apparent that he was not willing to go willingly."

Griffith talked about what measures they used to get Showels out of the house.

"We did utilize chemical agents, commonly referred to as gas,

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