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Police peacefully end short 21st Ave E standoff

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Seattle Police successfully negotiated a peaceful end to an hour-long standoff with a reportedly armed man who refused to leave a home in what an officer at the scene described as a domestic violence incident Thursday night in the 700 block of 21st Ave E.

Police took the man into custody just after 10 PM after he agreed to leave the house following talks with a negotiator by phone. Earlier in the night, police attempted to negotiate with the man via loudspeaker with the sound of the bullhorn echoing through the leafy neighborhood around the Holy Names private school.

Police, using the large trees on the street for cover, waited in the drizzle for the man to finally answer his phone and agree to surrender.

We do not know what kind of weapon the suspect was reportedly armed with. A check of the home after the incident determined the residence to be safe as the man was taken into custody.

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