A SWAT situation has ended peacefully after a team responded to a report of a man barricaded in a home in the Kensington neighborhood of Buffalo.
BREAKING: BPD says standoff on Treehaven Road has ended without incident. Individual is in custody.
— Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) August 14, 2018
Multiple police cruisers were called to the scene at Treehaven Road and Huntley Road around 5:30 a.m. for a family dispute.
Police put caution tape near the intersection to block off the street.
Police say they used tear gas as they attempted to get the 22-year-old man out of the house.
Around 10:15 a.m., SWAT officers entered the home and the standoff ended without incident.
The Buffalo man was taken into custody and charges are pending. Police say he may have been armed with a knife.
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