SWAT units arrested a man in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Center neighborhood Tuesday afternoon following a hostage incident involving the man’s children, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.
Pittsburgh police were dispatched to the 200 block of East Ohio Street around 3:20 p.m. for a domestic call inside the Allegheny Commons apartment complex, public safety said.
Officers spoke with a woman who said her 7-month-old daughter and 21-month-old son were inside the apartment with their father, Jason Zenmon Jr., 28.
The woman told police the father entered the apartment following an altercation. She told police he was making threatening statements toward the children.
SWAT created a diversion to separate the father from the children — who were evaluated by medics, public safety said.
FINAL UPDATE: Jason Zenmon Jr., 28, was arrested in this incident. He faces multiple charges and is being held in the ACJ.
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SWAT, negotiators, EMS tactical medics and fire officials responded. Zenmon is facing various felonies and misdemeanors including unlawful restraint, aggravated assault, terroristic threats and simple assault.
He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.
