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A man barricaded in a North Hollywood home, threatening his family with a hatchet while inhaling fumes from a can, was taken into custody Thursday morning after a standoff of more than eight hours, police said.
“It took a long time to negotiate with him to finally give himself up,” said Sgt. Anthony Verret of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood station.
The standoff began about 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, when officers were dispatched to a home in the 11300 block of Miranda Street in response to a burglary call, Verret said.
“When officers arrived, they realized that there was a relationship between the suspect and the family,” he said. “He was inhaling some chemical, some fumes, from some can.”
The suspect, a man of around 24, surrendered to police about 2 a.m. and was “hit with a taser prior to being taken into custody,” Verret said, although the reason for the taser’s use was not immediately spelled out. He was being held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the threats involving the hatchet, Verret said.
No officers or or members of the suspect’s family were injured. The suspect’s name was not immediately released.
—City News Service
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