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Shelter-In-Place In San Marcos Lifted After Barricaded Subject Taken Into Custody

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 17, 9:20 PM CDT

updated Oct 17, 9:40 PM CDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KVUE and KXAN (NBC), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A shelter-in-place order in San Marcos was lifted after a barricaded subject was taken into custody, KVUE reported. KXAN (NBC) reported that 1 person was in custody and the shelter-in-place was lifted at a complex.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 2, Oct 17, 11:28 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 17, 9:26 PM CDT · first source seenOct 17, 9:57 PM CDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 17, 9:31 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 17, 9:57 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.