A man taken into custody after a two-hour standoff Friday at a Vancouver home has been arrested on suspicion of murder and assault in connection with a body found inside the residence.
The Vancouver Police Department announced Saturday that Kenneth Jay Moore, 45, was booked into Clark County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder and first-degree assault. The name of the victim was not released.
Moore was taken into custody by SWAT team members at 3715 E. 18th St., in Vancouver’s Maplewood neighborhood.
Police were dispatched to the home at 9:15 a.m. to respond to a request from a friend to check on the welfare of one of the house’s occupants who they’d been unable to reach for a few days, according to a police bulletin.
Officers called in SWAT after seeing a man inside the house displaying a firearm.
“Based on the circumstance involving the firearm, and the possibility that there was another person inside the residence, SWAT was called to attempt contact with the occupants of the residence,” the department said in a statement.
A number of roads were closed in the area, and neighbors were advised to shelter in place.
At one point, SWAT officers deployed a robot to approach the residence and used a “flash bang” — a nonlethal explosive device that temporarily disorients a target’s senses — before Moore walked out of the house and was taken into custody at about 11:15 a.m.
Information from the SWAT team’s activities determined that there was a deceased person inside the building, according to the police statement.
According to the release, the Vancouver Police Department Major Crimes Unit will continue the investigation and be executing a search warrant to enter the residence and begin processing the scene.
