Dramatic, deadly ending after man sets Kingwood home on fire during SWAT standoff—
KINGWOOD, Texas – A person was found dead inside the rubble of a burned home following a SWAT standoff Friday involving a wanted man in Kingwood.
ThesituationstartedafterHarrisCountySWATofficialswerecalledtothesceneforanarrestandsearchwarrantinthe2000blockofShadowRockDrive.
Detectivessaidtheyhadanarrestwarrantfor46-year-oldChristianAndrewPeck.
SheriffEdGonzalezsaiditinvolveddomesticviolence,aggravatedassault,impedingbreath.
CourtrecordsshowPeckwasarrestedinHarrisCountyin2022forchokinghiswife.KPRC2alsoobtainedawarrantoutMontgomeryCountyshowingPeckviolatedaprotectiveorderin2023.Recordsshowitinvolvedthesamewomanfromthe2022case,butshewasidentifiedashisex-wifeinthecourtdocuments.
Beforethestandoff,SheriffGonzalezsaidPeckmadethreatstohurthimself,alovedoneandlawenforcement.
CrisisnegotiationofficialssaidPeckrefusedtocomplywithauthoritiesandbarricadedhimselfinhishouse.
Peckthenfiredaweapontowardstheofficerandsethishouseonfire.Healsoreportedly
