Authorities said they were called to the 7100 block of Montague Street just before noon for a "neighbor dispute."
They arrived to find a 65-year-old woman dead with gunshot wounds, police said.
A suspect "refused to exit the property" and police declared a barricade situation, PPD said. He was taken into custody around 1:20 p.m.
Authorities did not identify the victim.
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