Man taken into custody following peaceful resolution to 18-hour standoff in Cambridge

Princiano Faustin, 51, of Cambridge, has been taken into custody after police peacefully resolved an 18-hour standoff inside the apartment building where he resides at the intersection of Broadway and Windsor Street.

According to police, the incident began around 6:40 p.m. on Friday, when officers first interacted with Faustin, who was swinging two large machete-type knives around at a bus stop.

Faustin slashed a bystander in the head, who was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, which led the police to engage in an on-foot pursuit. Officers shouted verbal commands to Faustin, who continued to swing the knives and refused the commands, shouting back multiple times for officers to shoot him…

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