Update, 4:25 p.m.
The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Myric Rittman.
According to TPD Public Information Officer Alicia Turner, Rittman will be facing charges of armed burglary, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and resisting arrest without violence.
Update, 2:12 p.m.
The standoff between Tallahassee Police Department's Tactical Apprehension and Control Team and an unidentified subject at University Green Condominiums came to an end with the subject being walked out in handcuffs just after 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Officers originally responded to the call of a hostage situation at 8 a.m. Sunday.
The relationship between the suspect and hostages is unknown and all were safely released, according to TPD Public Information Officer Alicia Turner.
No information regarding the subject has been made available at this time.
UPDATE: It is now 2:12 and police have walked someone out of the house with handcuffs. TPD is now starting to take down the police tape. @abc27 pic.twitter.com/QO7KhiAnM7
— Micah Cho (@MicahChoTV) October 3, 2021
Update, 1:05 p.m.
The standoff between Tallahassee Police Department's Tactical Apprehension and Control Team and an unidentified subject has continued well into Sunday afternoon.
Officers originally responded to a call regarding a hostage situation at 8 a.m. Sunday morning at University Green Condominiums.
The relationship between the suspect and hostages is unknown, but they’re now safe, according to TPD Public Information Officer Alicia Turner.
TPD Public Information Officer Alicia Turner explains what prompted a large police presence, including FHP who is assisting, when an armed man took hostages earlier this morning. The relationship between the suspect and hostages is unknown, but they’re now safe @abc27 pic.twitter.com/HZ28H7Ry7D
— Micah Cho (@MicahChoTV) October 3, 2021
12:42 It does appear that police have entered the home. Officers approached a door, then disappeared behind the foliage. @abc27
— Micah Cho (@MicahChoTV) October 3, 2021
HAPPENING NOW: TPD has their tactical team out trying to bring out a barricaded suspect. TPD told me that the suspect is armed with a gun, and had hostages earlier this morning. As of right now, the hostages are out and only the suspect is indoors @abc27 pic.twitter.com/w7ydk5n4Uo
— Micah Cho (@MicahChoTV) October 3, 2021
11:38 a.m.:
The Tallahassee Police Department announced via its Facebook page that officers are currently on the scene with an "armed barricaded subject."
The incident is taking place in the 1900 block of Corvallis Avenue.
Police were originally called out in response to a hostage situation just before 8 a.m. and evacuated nearby apartments, according to TPD.
Tallahassee Police Department's Tactical Apprehension and Control Team is currently on the scene.
This is a developing story.
