Man In Custody After Brookline SWAT Standoff

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A SWAT team was called to the scene of a situation in Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood.

Officers were called to a home on Norwich Avenue shortly after 3:30 Monday afternoon for reports of a man barricaded inside. A woman told police it started as a domestic dispute.

Police believed he was armed and called in SWAT for backup.

"Negotiators were in constant contact with the male by cell phone for a good two hours and were able to negotiate a surrender," says Pittsburgh Police PIO Cara Cruz.

The situation ended peacefully shortly after 5:30 p.m.

The suspect was taken into custody and charges are pending.