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Trenton hostage standoff ends after 36 hours with three children safe, suspect in custody
TRENTON - The standoff in Trenton involving an armed men who held children hostage for 36 hours after police discovered his girlfriend and her child killed is over, authorities said this morning.
The children are safe, Mercer County First Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said.
The suspect, who has not been identified, is in custody but there was no immediate word on his condition. Onofri was not able to say whether the man surrendered on his own, but said full details will be released at a 10 a.m. press conference.
Video from the scene showed what appeared to be a flash and an audible loud bang on the second floor of the house early this morning.
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General shooting response team is investigating "take down" of the subject, authorities said this morning.
Read more: http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/05/trenton_hostage_standoff_ends_1.html#incart_m-rpt-1
The children are safe, Mercer County First Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said.
The suspect, who has not been identified, is in custody but there was no immediate word on his condition. Onofri was not able to say whether the man surrendered on his own, but said full details will be released at a 10 a.m. press conference.
Video from the scene showed what appeared to be a flash and an audible loud bang on the second floor of the house early this morning.
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General shooting response team is investigating "take down" of the subject, authorities said this morning.
Read more: http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/05/trenton_hostage_standoff_ends_1.html#incart_m-rpt-1
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