NORWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - An armed man who barricaded himself inside a Norwell home Tuesday afternoon was taken into custody without incident after more than an hour of negotiations, police said.

Officers responding to a reported domestic disturbance on Washington Street around 2:30 p.m. identified a man who had barricaded himself in a room and told police he was armed.

The man was taken into custody after an-hour-and-a-half of negotiations.

He has been taken to a hospital for an evaluation.

No additional information was immediately released.

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