Suspect in Port Arthur standoff has bonds totaling $1 million

Walter Ryan Moore, 28. Walter Ryan Moore, 28. Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff Image 1 of / 13 Caption Close Suspect in Port Arthur standoff has bonds totaling $1 million 1 / 13 Back to Gallery

A man is in the Jefferson County Jail with bonds totaling $1 million after a 9 hour standoff with Port Arthur Police officers Wednesday.

Walter Moore, 28, was charged with aggravated kidnapping and three counts of aggravated assault on a police officer after locking himself inside a home on 61st street with multiple firearms, two homemade explosive devices and a 2-year-old child.

The incident began shortly before 7 a.m. when the department received a call about an "intoxicated" man.

SWAT members spent the day negotiating with the man, and at one point provided him with three cigarettes in exchange for one of his firearms.

They have also brought him a bag of burgers and fries after he said he would surrender the guns in exchange for food. He did not, however, accept the burger and fries. He instead asked for chicken nuggets. Police said he did not end up surrendering another gun for the nuggets.

Police were able to negotiate with him for the release of the child from the house just after 2 p.m.

The child is the man's niece. She is in the custody of her grandmother, who also was in the home. The grandmother was brought to the hospital during the standoff for a suspected heart attack. The man's brother was arrested mid-way through the day, as well.

The Memorial 9th grade campus, formerly Stephen F. Austin Middle School, was evacuated during the day due to the incident, according to Mark Porterie, deputy superintendent for Port Arthur ISD.