Welfare check on Vista home turns into hours-long SWAT standoff

San Diego Sheriff s cruisers seen in File photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A barricaded suspect in a Vista home prompted a SWAT standoff that stretched from the late morning into the mid-afternoon Wednesday leadership announced Special weapons and tactics personnel were dispatched shortly before a m Wednesday to the block of North Citrus Avenue according to the San Diego County Sheriff s Office The stalemate was ongoing as of p m Lt Jessica Boegler announced The Sheriff s Dilemma Negotiation Group also responded The standoff grew out of a call for a welfare check at the residence the lieutenant revealed Leadership offered no information on the individual at the home Sheriff s functionaries urged the society to avoid the area if realizable pending resolution of the situation