A man’s fight with his father led to an 8-hour Prosser police standoff

An eight-hour-long standoff ended late Monday with a 22-year-old man in jail.

Police arrest Lane M. Graham, 22, around 9:15 p.m. after he shut himself into a Playfield Avenue home starting around 2 p.m. The confrontation started when the young man allegedly threatened to kill his father, who was then afraid to return to the house.

Prosser police and Benton County sheriff’s deputies surrounded the home. When they got Graham on the phone he refused to come out and threatened to kill any officer who tried to come in.

The home is near Prosser High School, but school activities were not affected.

As the standoff dragged into the evening hours, and into the night, Tri-City Regional SWAT team and mental health professionals joined the effort to talk Graham into eventually surrendering.

Graham was taken to Prosser Memorial Hospital before he was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of obstructing a public officer and harassment.

This story was originally published April 10, 2019 at 10:15 AM.