SIRT Negotiators Honored at State Conference for Role in July 2024 Standoff - Austin Daily Herald

SIRT negotiators honored at state conference for role in July 2024 standoff - Austin Daily Herald

A little after 9 a.m. on July 9, 2024, negotiators from Special Incident Response Team (SIRT) were able to bring a lengthy standoff to an end, resulting in the apprehension of Kristofer Karl Luiken and the freeing of his seven-year-old daughter. In what started at a Kwik Trip in Owatonna the night before, negotiators in Austin were able to bring the whole thing to a peaceful end. On Wednesday, the team was honored by the Crisis Negotiators Assoc…

Austin man sentenced to 12 years for firearm possession after standoff

AUSTIN, Texas — A 38-year-old Austin man, Steven Moreno Briseno, has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for one count of felon in possession of a firearm. The sentencing follows a barricaded standoff with Austin police on November…