Pennsylvania

Standoff Ends Peacefully in Montgomery County

A police standoff closed a busy Montgomery County, Pennsylvania road for hours overnight.

The incident began after the report of about one dozen rounds being fired from a third-floor unit at the Dekalb Apartments along Dekalb Pike (U.S. Route 202) near Germantown Pike around 11 p.m. Monday.

Luckily no one was hurt.

East Norriton Police evacauted some nearby units and closed off part of Dekalb Pike for hours as they investigated the incident. A shopping center and Mercy Suburban Hospital neighbor the apartments.

Shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday, police could be seen taking the suspect into custody.

No word yet on what charges the man, who lives alone and is in his 30s, could face.

By 7 a.m., police reopened all roads in the area.

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