A woman is injured and a man is in custody after a shooting and potential hostage situation at the Sharp Apartments complex Sunday afternoon in West Central .

Spokane police responded to a call just before 3 p.m. Sunday with reports of gunfire at the apartment complex, police Capt. Tracie Meidl told reporters outside the apartments at 1515 W. Sharp Ave.

After a two- to three-hour standoff prompting a SWAT response, police arrested 40-year-old Lucas Woods, who Meidl said fired a handgun in one of the units with a woman inside.

The woman was injured, Meidl said, and transported to a hospital for medical treatment. Meidl said she didn’t know whether the woman, who was potentially a hostage, was injured from a gunshot or something else.

Woods lives at the apartment; it’s unclear whether th

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