(FOX40.COM) — The Elk Grove Police Department was called to a residential area after reports of a minor trying to attack his family with a knife on Sunday evening.
Shortly after 7 p.m., officers came to the 9000 block of Almondwillow Way and found a 17-year-old attempting to attack his family with a knife, police said. The teen then barricaded himself inside the home and refused to come out.
The department’s Crisis Response Unit, consisting of SWAT and Crisis Negotiators, was then called in to assist with the situation.
After several hours, police said officers safely detained the teen without injury to officers, the teen or family members…