UPDATE AS OF 5:50PM
CHICO, Calif. - A woman was taken into custody following an hours-long standoff at a transitional housing home on Salem Street by West 19th and 20th Street.
Action News Now spoke on the phone with the man who was assaulted, James Hickman, a former house manager for the home, which is transitional housing for the Torres Shelter.
He said the incident started with the woman running everyone out of the home and barricading herself inside. Hickman says a window was left open, and he climbed through it in an attempt to speak with her but when she saw him, she hit him with a bamboo pole.
Hickman says he then got out through the back door and was taken to Enloe Medical Center to be treated for his injuries. He said he had a bruise and was swollen where the cut was, but the bleeding had stopped.
As of 6pm Salem has been reopened.
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CHICO, Calif. - Chico Police Officers are on scene with a barricaded woman at a residence near Salem Street and West 19th Street.
An Action News Now Reporter at the scene says police have been asking a woman to come out of the home so they can talk to her. Officers have been repeating the message over a speaker approximately every 10 minutes.
A source told ANN the woman ran into the home after hitting a Torres Shelter employee in the face with a bamboo pole. The employee sustained injuries. A neighbor who lives in the home behind where the woman is barricaded said police officers have been in his backyard since 11:30 a.m.
Officers at the scene say they are currently waiting on a warrant to enter the home. The department is asking people to avoid the area while first responders are on scene.
