MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A man taken into custody Monday after a standoff at a Mobile apartment complex surrendered peacefully, according to police.
Officers responded to Maison DeVille Apartments off Berwyn Drive after someone inside one of the buildings called 911 to report a man was having a mental episode and was armed with a gun. Investigators said two people were being held against their will.
Neighbor woken by friend’s call
Jan Brooks, a neighbor who has lived at Maison DeVille for about 12 years, said a friend’s phone call woke her as the standoff was ending.
“I was actually asleep when a friend that used to live over in the other complex called and said ‘what’s going on?’” Brooks said…