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Mental Health Standoff Over, Armed Suspect in Custody
Police standoff in Kennewick (Kennewick Police)
A tense police standoff near 17th and Tacoma in Kennewick has ended peacefully, with no one getting hurt.
Early Monday, police were called to the area, about a report of a man who barricaded himself in the backyard of a home and refused to come out.
He was armed, and said to be suicidal. KAPP-KVEW TV reported as of around 9am the man had surrendered. He's being taken for a mental health evaluation. More information expected soon.
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