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MADISON, S.D. (KELO.com) — A man is in custody after a police standoff in Madison Sunday.
Madison Police and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home where a suspect was holding another person at gunpoint.
Authorities set up a perimeter but the suspect said he was going to a hospital, slipped through the cordon, and went to Brookings.
Law enforcement located the person there and took them into custody.
The police are investigating.
No one was hurt.
Below is the release from the MPD on Facebook.
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On 6/19/22 at about 8:07 pm the Madison Police Department responded to the 300 block of NE 2nd St for an individual who was threatening a person with a handgun.
It was believed that prior to law enforcement’s arrival the subject had re-entered the residence with the handgun.
Officers from the Madison Police Dept. and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded and set up a perimeter and secured the neighborhood. The Special Response Team and negotiators also responded to the scene.
After negotiators were able to establish contact with the suspect it was learned that he had left the residence and was in route to a local hospital to receive care.
An attempt to locate was put out to surrounding counties. The suspect was later located in Brookings and taken into custody.
The investigation is ongoing at this time and further information will become available later.
(Julia Kaye, KELO.com News, contributed to this report.)
