A tense standoff on 10th Street ended on Wednesday night with Niagara Falls Police taking a 29-year-old man into custody after reports that gunfire had been directed toward another person inside a home.
Officers were first called to a residence on the 400 block of 10th Street at about 8:45pm for a complaint involving an unwanted individual. The situation escalated when dispatchers were told that a man had fired a .22-caliber firearm through a door. According to police, the shot was aimed toward someone on the other side. Fortunately, the individual was not struck.
When officers arrived, they immediately secured the area and set up a perimeter after receiving information that the suspect was still inside the home. Police used loudspeaker announcements to direct anyone inside to exit. Five people eventually came out, all of whom complied with officers’ commands. Investigators later confirmed that none of them were the suspect…