JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman at a Southside business was able to calm an agitated gunman during a SWAT standoff in Jacksonville Thursday, leading to his arrest, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Gabriel Cambla entered a business in the 4100 block of Southside Boulevard with a handgun around 11:25 a.m., Jacksonville police spokesman Chief T.K. Waters said during a news conference after the incident.
The business was later identified as Serenity Spa by First Coast News crews on the scene.
Waters says the 33-year-old man inside the business appeared agitated and told everyone in the building to leave.
Everyone safely exited the building except for one woman, according to JSO.
While the man repeatedly told her to leave and call police, JSO says the woman attempted to calm the man down by asking him to lay down and by talking to him.
JSO says the man listened to the woman, who then told Cambla she was going to make sure everyone was out of the building. She then took that opportunity to leave the business, police say.
There were no employees injured during the incident, said Waters.
Around 3:25 p.m., Waters says a crisis negotiator successfully asked Cambla to exit the building, and he was apprehended by a K9 officer.
Cambla was transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries he suffered as a result of the K9 apprehension.