The Latest: FAA says San Diego standoff canceled 30 flights
The Federal Aviation Administration halted incoming flights for several hours as a precaution because planes swoop low near the apartment complex before landing.
Wahl says officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect in the morning after responding to a domestic violence call at the apartment, where the victim lives.
Flights to the San Diego International Airport have resumed after police took into custody a gunman who fired shots at a nearby apartment complex, posing a threat to air traffic.
Police Lt. Scott Wahl says the domestic violence suspect walked out of the complex Wednesday afternoon, ending a more than five-hour standoff with officers.
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its orders barring all flights from landing after the gunman moved into a part of the apartment where no longer posed a threat to air traffic.
Arriving planes swoop low over the neighborhood where the domestic violence suspect was holed up in a rooftop apartment, shooting sporadically.
Carstensen says passengers were told there was a security problem at the airport, but people on the Internet soon spread the news of the gunman.
Tom Neu told reporters that he cowered in his bathtub, talking to friends and co-workers on his cellphone as SWAT team members swarmed the building.
Police Lt. Scott Wahl says the officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect Wednesday morning after responding to a domestic violence call at the apartment, where the victim lives.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says flights are being barred from landing at the San Diego International Airport as a precaution, since the complex is under the airport's approach path.
