( KRON ) — A man barricaded himself in a home early Wednesday morning in Hayward, causing Alameda County deputies to release a “gas irritant” that set off evacuations and shelter-in-place orders in the area, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said. A pit bull also bit a K-9 during the chaotic incident.
Deputies were dispatched to the 21000 block of Meekland Avenue at about 2:20 a.m. for what ACSO described as a “disturbance related to a court order violation.”
They arrived to find a man in his 30s brandishing a rifle at them. He later showed an object that looked like a stick of dynamite, ACSO said.
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The deputies were able to get the family out of the home. Additional units called to the scene attempted to negotiate a peaceful surrender with the subject, but he continued to threaten harm against the deputies, per the sheriff’s office.
After he remained uncooperative, deputies urged neighbors to evacuate the area or shelter in place. They then deployed the gas irritant in an attempt to get the subject to surrender, the sheriff’s office said.