SWAT scene reported in SE Houston

Photo: Mike Glenn, Chronicle Officers on Thursday night surround a southeast Houston home,...

Police SWAT officers surrounded a southeast Houston home where a man was barricaded inside.

The man, identified by police as 47-year-old Maurice Turner, was inside a home in the 3690 block of Rosedale, police said late Thursday.

He barricaded himself inside at about 8 p.m., authorities said. He was alone and was believed to have been armed, according to police.

The man was wanted on a warrant for allegedly assaulting his wife. She told police he had been drinking earlier and vandalized her car. She also told officers he had earlier threatened suicide, HPD officials said.

The man's wife was at the scene with Houston police.

Turner came out of the house on his own after SWAT officers sent tear gas into the home. He was taken to a hospital for an evaluation.

"He might have done something to himself," an officer said.

After a cursory search, HPD officers did not find a weapon, but the house was "a mess."