Shooting suspect arrested after 8-hour standoff in Cocoa, police say

COCOA, Fla. — A suspect was arrested after an eight-hour standoff Saturday, the Cocoa Police Department said.

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According to a news release, suspect Raekwon Glover, 27, was taken into custody by Cocoa police officers on charges of grand theft auto and shooting into a home, among other charges.

Police responded to a home on North Carolina Avenue around 9 p.m. after they received a call about a shooting.

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The victim told police the suspect fired shots into the home and stole their car.

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Investigators said police officers discovered the car behind the same home around 8 a.m. Sunday, and they believed Glover was still armed inside.

Two adult women safely escaped the house, and Glover barricaded himself inside, police said.

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The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad robot and a SWAT team helped persuade Glover to come out, and then arrested him.

Cocoa police said there were no reported injuries during the standoff.

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