Man Surrenders After 4-Hour Hostage Situation

Police have a 28-year-old man in custody after a four-hour standoff.

Police went to a home on Asbury Avenue in Cheltenham in response to a call about a domestic disturbance.

SWAT and crisis negotiators learned a man was holding a 44-year-old woman hostage. Others in the home managed to escape.

After about four hours, the man surrendered.

The woman suffered head injuries and a gun shot to the leg. She is recovering.

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