BRAINTREE, MASS. (WHDH) - An armed suspect was taken into custody following a tense, hourslong standoff in Braintree on Friday.
There was a heavy police and SWAT presence in the area of Washington Street and Holbrook Avenue for most of the day as a crisis team negotiated with the suspect, who was barricaded inside a third-floor apartment, according to law enforcement officials.
Dozens of residents were evacuated from the apartment building as SWAT members assumed positions on the ground an in the air.
Authorities were called to the building after the suspect allegedly threatened someone with a gun.
The suspect, whose name has not been released, surrendered after about five hours.
Officials say the suspect was taken to a hospital to undergo a mental health evaluation.
He is expected to be arraigned Monday on several charges.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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