KIRKLAND, Wash. - An all-night police standoff outside the Kirkland home of an assault suspect ended anticlimactically Friday morning when officers entered the home and found no one there.


Police have issued a felony warrant on charges of first-degree domestic violence assault for the suspect.

The incident began before midnight Thursday when police went to the house in the 13700 block of 116th Avenue Northeast for a domestic assault investigation. The suspect assaulted a female with a pistol and threatened to kill her, police said. He fired the gun inside the home.

The victim fled. But the suspect shot at her, hitting her car once.

Police say officers learned that the suspect had shot inside the house other times and that he had shot at people inside the house.

A SWAT team was called.

SWAT team negotiators attempted to communicate with the man via loudspeaker and convince him to surrender, but were unsuccessful.


After several hours, police shot flash-bang grenades into the home, but still got no reaction from the suspect.

Finally, at around 6 a.m., police entered the home with a robot, conducted a search and were unable to find the suspect, who apparently had slipped out somehow during the standoff.

Police have issued a warrant for Matthew Gordon. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has blue eyes.

He could possibly be driving a silver 2010 Toyota Camry with a Washington disabled plate, license DP25833, or a black 2015 Yamaha Motorcycle, Washington license 8D2710, or a Green Mercury Cougar with unknown plates.


If you see him, call the Kirkland Police Department at NORCOM 425 577 5656 or call 911.