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Officers responding to a home in the 100 block of East Gay Street around 5:30 a.m. on a report of a domestic disturbance found a woman who said that the father of her children, Roberto Quiles-Sanchez, entered her apartment and threatened her with a gun, West Chester police said.
Officers were unable to contact Quiles-Sanchez. They subsequently evacuated the property and issued a shelter-in-place order for the surrounding area.
The West Chester Regional Emergency Response Team searched the building and found he was no longer inside the apartment, police said.
Around 8:07 a.m., officers ignited a foot pursuit after they spotted Quiles-Sanches in the area, authorities said.
He was taken into custody and sent to the West Chester Borough Police Department.
The incident remains under investigation.
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