UPDATE: Chattanooga police say a woman and her infant were almost caught in the middle of a SWAT standoff Thursday night a Southside motel.

The arrest report says police responded to a "Kidnapping/Abduction" at Motel 6 on Williams Street near Southside Gardens shortly after 8:00pm.

Police say they were at the motel to find 37-year-old Walter Varnell, who was wanted for auto theft charges, and learned that the suspect was running up the stairs to get away from them.

Officers learned that Varnell was staying in room 226 but when they tried to get him to come out, there was no response.

The report says a short time later, a woman came running out of room 221, telling officers that a man who she didn't know had suddenly came into her room as she was feeding her infant.

The woman said th

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