Police say barricaded man who shot 2 kin and fired at officers arrested after 13-hour standoff

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A person who barricaded himself inside a house in Worcester after taking pictures two of his members of the family after which firing at police was arrested Friday night time after a day-long standoff, police mentioned.

The members of the family managed to get away and had been taken to a close-by hospital with accidents that weren’t life-threatening. Not one of the responding officers had been struck, in response to investigators.

Police had been referred to as earlier than 9 a.m. Friday and had been making an attempt to take the person into custody when “he fired rounds on the officers, fortunately not putting any of them. At that time he ran again into the home,” Worcester Police Lt. Sean Murtha mentioned. Hostage negotiators and a psychological well being clinician had been additionally on the scene.

Greater than 12 hours later, the person, who was alone within the residence, was taken into custody, officers mentioned.