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Miami murder suspect surrenders after SWAT standoff in Hillsborough County

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says there was no threat to the public.
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The standoff between the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SWAT and Miami murder suspect Soddoni Dotin ended peacefully.

THONOTOSASSA, Fla. -- A standoff situation in a Hillsborough County neighborhood ended peacefully with the surrender of a murder suspect from the Miami area.

Saddoni Levirrick Dowtin,31, was arrested in connection to a July 13 murder in Miami.

The incident began around 9:30 p.m. Thursday with a phone call from the Miami-Dade Police Department to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office about Dowtin suspected to be in the area, spokesman Danny Alvarez said.

Deputies were sent early Friday to a home in the area of Grandfield and Williams roads, where the suspect was likely hiding. Surrounding homes were temporarily evacuated, and a school bus was rerouted away from a nearby stop on Walker Road.

A commander came out to negotiate with Dowtin after 7 a.m., and he was arrested about an hour later.

There was no threat to the public, and it's not yet known if Dowtin had a weapon with him, Alvarez said.

Dowtin has been taken to the Orient Road Jail.

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