Man in custody after six-hour standoff prompts shelter-in-place in eastern Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Police say a shelter-in-place order was lifted overnight after a six-hour barricade situation in an east Colorado Springs neighborhood ended with a suspect in custody.

According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), at around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Audubon Drive on a report of a disturbance involving a man armed with a baseball bat.

When officers arrived, they learned the suspect had retreated into his home. They attempted to make contact with the man, identified as 43-year-old Benjamin Bryant, but he allegedly refused to exit the home and threatened to shoot the officers, CSPD said…

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