Hostage Situation After Texas Officers Shot Ends Peacefully

Hostage Situation After Texas Officers Shot Ends Peacefully
An officer stands near a home in Cedar Park, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2020, where a hostage situation was unfolding. Courtesy of KTVT
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CEDAR PARK, Texas—A hostage situation ended peacefully Monday morning when a man and his mother exited a home near Austin, Texas, where a day earlier three police officers had been shot and wounded.

Cedar Park Police said on Twitter that the man and his mother “had come out of the house peacefully” about 9 a.m. An hour earlier, police held a press conference and announced that the man had released his brother, sister and a family pet.