A man who spent hours barricaded in his home after threatening its occupants with a knife was arrested Wednesday after the lengthy standoff with police.
Authorities did not immediately identify the suspect but told Boston 25 News that the person had been taken into custody at around 4:30 p.m. after a holding out for roughly nine hours against law enforcement officers, including a SWAT team.
The officers and agents had descended on the home in Hyannis earlier in the day to investigate reports of a person being held at knifepoint, according to a statement from the Barnstable Police Department. Authorities evacuated nearby neighbors and residents as the crisis also triggered lockdowns for several schools in the Cape Cod area.
When they arrived on the scene just after 7:30 a.m., officers learned the occupants of the home had been allowed to leave, but that the suspect, armed with a knife, was still barricaded inside.
A shelter-in-place order was sent out for a 1-mile radius of the incident, and police evacuated homes nearby for emergency purposes.
Five schools across Barnstable were also placed under lockdown as authorities worked to negotiate with the suspect.
“No one is permitted into our schools or to exit them, but school operations within the building will continue,” a district spokesperson told Boston 25. “This is as a result of police activity in the Hyannis area.”
Authorities emphasized the lockdown measures were precautionary. By 10:30 a.m., school officials were informed there was no longer any danger because the suspect was “contained to his home.”
