MIRAMAR, Fla. -- A dramatic scene unfolded in a Miramar neighborhood after a SWAT team surrounded a home where they said they believed an ex-con was hiding out.

Residents of the neighborhood in the 7900 block of Biltmore Boulevard were evacuated for nearly four hours Wednesday as SWAT team members moved into the home with body armor and weapons.

Investigators with the Broward Sheriff’s Office said they initially went to the home to search for a man involved in a felony case.

Detectives then received word that their suspect was inside, armed and refusing to come out.

But once inside the home, SWAT members only found a woman, Micilyn Johnson, and her two children.

Bill Robertson, a member of the Miramar Police Department, told Local 10, “The person we were looking for was not inside, but we still made entry into the home to clear the home.”

Johnson told Local 10 she had told police all along that no one else was inside. “All of this for nothing. No one was here. We were just in here playing video games. My son came out of the door and they pulled a gun on him.”

Johnson said she believes this may have something to do with a girlfriend of one of her ex-boyfriends.

Police have not said who exactly they were looking for.