Man arrested after hours-long standoff in Hanford

Thursday, April 22, 2021
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man is in custody after a crash that led to a standoff with Hanford police officers on Wednesday.

Hanford police say Devin Wilder ran from a crash near Lacey Boulevard and 10th Avenue shortly before 6:00 pm.
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Officials say at some point, Wilder fired off some kind of weapon and then barricaded himself inside a house on 9th and East Streets.

A SWAT team was called out to the scene.



Wilder came out of the house three hours later and surrendered. Police believe he knew someone in the home.
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No one was hurt during the standoff or crash.



Investigators have not said if a weapon was recovered.

Wilder will be booked into the Kings County Jail for weapons charges.
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