AURORA, Colo. — Officers with the Aurora Police Department took a man into custody Friday after a standoff in the area of North Airport Boulevard and East Colfax Avenue.
Officers were trying to serve a warrant on the man. SWAT and crisis negotiators tried to make contact with the barricaded man in hopes of a peaceful resolution.
Officers took the man into custody and took him to the hospital as a precaution, police said. They said he would then be taken to jail.
Police issued the shelter-in-place order for the nearby homes at about 10 a.m. Friday, according to Officer Matthew Longshore. The shelter-in-place was lifted around 9:30 p.m.
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