San Francisco police arrest shooting suspect after hours-long standoff at Palace Hotel

SAN FRANCISCO -- Police in San Francisco confirmed they had arrested a possible shooting suspect at the Palace Hotel in downtown Saturday, after gunshots were reported in the unit block of New Montgomery Street in the afternoon.

Police confirmed with ABC7 News that an adult male suspected was taken into custody just after 9 p.m.

Police were dispatched to the hotel at 12:16 p.m. after receiving calls about gunshots, according to Officer Robert Rueca, a police spokesman.

A suspect refused to come out of the building where the shots were reportedly fired. A hostage and crisis negotiating team was on the scene as of about 3 p.m., Rueca said in an email.

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Rueca said part of the building around the suspect was evacuated. There were no injuries at that time.

A phone operator at the Palace Hotel said there was a police response at the hotel but could not confirm if there was any shooter.

The hotel also lost power on Saturday, along with tens of thousands of PG&E customers throughout the city in an unplanned outage.

Market Street was closed to traffic on between Annie and New Montgomery streets. The SFPD asked the public to avoid the area while a perimeter was established.

ABC7 News contributed to this report.