22-year-old El Pasoan jailed for robbery, assault after SWAT standoff

UPDATE #2: Police late Friday night identified the man arrested following a central El Paso SWAT standoff earlier in the day as 22-year-old Andrew Elijah Moreno of El Paso.

Moreno is facing charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault for a robbery and stabbing that detectives say was gang-related.

A 21-year-old victim who was allegedly stabbed by Moreno was listed in stable condition at a local hospital on Friday night, while a 20-year-old man allegedly assaulted was treated and released.

The victim's names weren't released as detectives said it could hamper their investigation; police said they anticipated making additional arrests in the case.

UPDATE #1: A man wanted by police was arrested Friday afternoon after an hours-long standoff with a SWAT team at a central El Paso house.

Authorities said the man, whose identity was not immediately released, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon stemming from a stabbing and robbery earlier in the day.

The events that unfolded were suspected to be gang-related, according to investigators.

Police reported the end of the standoff in the 2900 block of E. Yandell Street near Raynor around 3:30 p.m.

ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO,Texas -- A SWAT situation was unfolding in central El Paso on Wednesday as police surrounded a house located next to a bank building following a morning robbery and stabbing in which two men were injured.

El Paso police officers blocked off an area in the 2900 block of E. Yandell Street near Raynor around 11 a.m. as a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter buzzed overhead in support of the SWAT operation.

Authorities indicated the SWAT call out occurred as part of an investigation into a robbery that occurred a couple hours earlier; police were engaged in a standoff with a barricaded robbery suspect and said the man had not responded to officers.

A police spokesman said a 21-year-old robbery victim was hospitalized after being stabbed in the abdomen, but his wounds were described as non-life threatening; the second victim was a 20-year-old who was assaulted but didn't require hospitalization.

Police advised people to avoid the area along Yandell as the standoff continued into the afternoon hours.