Cowlitz County Man Arrested After Standoff on Pare Road

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A 44-year-old Kelso man was detained Monday by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office after allegedly firing a shotgun inside a home.

Larry Duane Howard made his first appearance before a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge Tuesday afternoon. He faces malicious mischief, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest charges. Bail is set at $10,000.



Authorities apprehended Howard after the Lower Columbia SWAT team entered the Kelso house and took him into custody. Howard knew the owners of the home. 

The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office reports the department responded to a home on Pare Road at about 5:24 p.m. Monday. When deputies arrived at the scene, they came upon residents of the home exiting the house.