Overview

• The standoff began around 2 a.m. after the man’s father called Policía Local reporting his son had locked himself in a room, the mayor said.
• Guardia Civil established a cordon on Calle Fermín Sánchez near the Town Hall and restricted access to vehicles and residents without ordering evacuations.
• Psychologists and negotiators are engaging the man, and his parents and a brother have spoken with him to encourage disarming.
• Witnesses reported he pointed the shotgun at himself and toward the exterior, and a Basic Life Support ambulance remains staged nearby.
• Neighbors told reporters the man appears to have mental-health problems and had not taken prescribed medication, and the family’s hunting hobby explains the firearm in the home.