Ryan Price
A Kansas City man is being held without bond in Platte City after holding Platte and Clay County SWAT teams at bay for almost 12 hours last week.
Ryan Price, 39, is charged with unlawful use of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance for the incident, which began Thursday, Nov. 14 and ended with police rushing the residence on Friday, Nov. 15 to take Price into custody.
Price is set to appear before judge Ann Hansbrough for a bond hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
At about 10:30 p.m. Nov. 14, Price forced his way into a home in the Misty Woods subdivision near Parkville, according to court documents. Armed with a 9mm handgun with a laser sight, the victim reported Price trained the laser on the chest of one of the occupants of the home. The female victim left the home and Price continued to threaten the male occupant of the home. Price allegedly told the adult victims he would force officers to kill him if police were called. The man was able to flee, but a child — Price’s biological child — was still in the house.
By the time police arrived, the child was spotted standing in an open doorway and was rescued by an officer at the scene.
During the standoff that followed, police attempted to contact Price via telephone and by megaphone. Over the next 11 hours, 28 Platte County deputies — including senior leadership of the Sheriff’s Office — along with 11 Clay County deputies, two North Kansas City officers and one Riverside officer, as well as personnel from Southern Platte Fire Protection District, Northland Regional Ambulance District and Evergy and Spire utility workers were at the scene.
At around noon Friday, Nov. 15, Platte and Clay county SWAT teams entered the home and found Price in the master bedroom. Although the handgun was within reach on the bed, he did not resist arrest. A tray containing a white powder later identified as methamphetamine was also located on the bed.
No one was injured in the incident.
Once in custody, Price refused to speak with detectives. A convicted felon, Price pleaded guilty as a persistent DWI offender in early 2019. He was sentenced to three years on that charge.