Police ID barricaded man in Cedar Park SWAT call

Galen Wasem booking photo(Photo: Williamson County Jail)

Police have identified and charged the man who they say barricaded himself in a Cedar Park apartment Thursday evening and led to a SWAT call.

Cedar Park police said they were called to the Muir Lake Apartments around 7:30 p.m. Thursday for a welfare check on Galen Wasem. Wasem - who was reportedly armed with a weapon - did not respond to police when they arrived, and the Central Texas Regional SWAT Team was called.

During the situation, CPPD said they noticed "movement in a vacant apartment" next to Wasem's. The SWAT team breached the door of the vacant apartment around 1:20 a.m. Friday to take Wasem into custody. Police located a handgun in Wasem's apartment, and determined he used an attic space to enter the adjacent apartment.

Wasem was booked into the Williamson County Jail early Friday morning on a charge of criminal trespass. Bond information for Wasem was not listed on the Williamson County Jail's website as of 12:40 p.m. Friday.

Residents of buildings 11, 12 and 13 at the complex were told to shelter in place while police and the Central Texas Regional SWAT Team responded to the situation.

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