Pizza delivery turns into 4-hour SWAT standoff

Javier Palma, owner of Marino’s Pizza in Irving, has been making pies for 12 years and each slice must be really good because people are willing to break the law to get their hands on it.

Not one, not two, but three times, he says folks from a house off of McClure Street ordered pizza. And every time, Palma says they used a fraudulent credit card. Tuesday night, they tried for a free pizza a fourth time and Palma had enough.

“I said ok, I am going to take it myself,” Palma said.

But he says the people at the house wouldn’t show their I.D.

“They say, that’s fine. Just take the food back.” So, Palma took his pizzas and called the cops.

“The address immediately came up as a caution address,” James McLellan, Public Information Officer for Irving PD, said. “Which is for us an indication that somebody in that household has had a previous dealing with law enforcement. They might be dangerous and harmful.”

Irving cops say a man inside had four warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Once he realized the cops were there, he apparently barricaded himself in the house.

“A few more efforts to coax him outside failed and then it became at that point a high risk apprehension with a known suspect,” McLellan said. “And so protocol was to call in the S.W.A.T. team.”

After a long standoff, the S.W.A.T. team had to resort to tear gas to get him out. The suspect was arrested and is sitting in jail for the four warrants.

Hey, if you’re hiding from the law, it might be a good idea to pay for your pizza.