Babysitter, child held hostage during 29-hour standoff at Las Vegas motel

A hostage and barricade situation at a Las Vegas motel ended safely when an allegedly armed suspect was arrested after a 29-hour standoff with police.

A 29-hour barricade situation at a Las Vegas motel ended safely after an allegedly armed suspect burrowed through a wall and held hostage a babysitter and child. The situation began around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, when a police officer found a stolen motorcycle and car at a motel south of the Las Vegas Strip. While recovering them, a man wearing a motorcycle helmet tried to get on the bike and "flee the scene," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Sasha Larkin said during a press briefing Thursday. During an ensuing struggle, the officer noticed the suspect -- later identified as Antionio BarryEdwards, 24 -- had a handgun in his vest shirt so he "disengaged, creating space," Larkin said. The suspect then retreated into his motel room, police said. At that point, crisis negotiators and a SWAT team were called to the scene and officers began to evacuate the motel as a precaution. Unbeknownst to the officers, BarryEdwards used a hammer and saw to make a hole in the wall and went through it into the neighboring room, where a woman and child were inside, and allegedly fired toward officers, according to Larkin.