Texas SWAT Team Dissolves Hostage Situation with Bean Bag Shot

Authorities shot a man with a bean bag gun as he allegedly held his family hostage early Wednesday morning.

The standoff lasted about two hours, when the San Juan Police SWAT team stormed the house in Alamo, Texas, and subdued the man with a bean bag gunshot.

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