HOUSTON – Houston Police called in a SWAT team and negotiators after a man barricaded himself in an apartment with a woman and a child on the west side of town.

Police said the woman texted her mother concerning her and the police were called home for a social check on believing domestic violence might occur.

The officers found there were people in the home, but the inmates refused to come out or answer.

Finally, the police sent in a robot that angered the suspect. Eventually the man released the woman and child and surrendered.

Police said the suspect already had arrest warrants for aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Now he is returning to prison, possibly at an additional cost if domestic violence did occur.

The stalemate ended just before 6 a.m.

No weapons were found in the apartment.