Man accused of robbing North Central gas station arrested after SWAT standoff

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SPOKANE, Wash. – A man accused of robbing the Cenex gas station in the North Central neighborhood on July 23 was arrested Friday.

According to the Spokane Police Department, a 22-year-old man was arrested for first degree robbery for the Cenex robbery in addition to several other robberies in north Spokane.

The man was arrested at just after midnight, with the police department’s SWAT team using chemical agents to smoke the suspect out of the apartment where he was staying.

He is currently in Spokane County Jail with the police department saying that additional charges against him are being considered.

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