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Wisc. man claiming to have hostage arrested after 6-hour standoff

The Associated Press
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A nearly six-hour stand-off at an Eau Claire motel this morning ended without injury when police arrested a man who had claimed to be armed and holding a hostage.

The suspect is a Wausau man currently on parole. No weapon was found.

Police were called to Quality Inn sometime after eight AM to investigate a report of a disturbance. Officers made contact with the man but he reportedly shoved the door shut and locked it.

Authorities re-established contact sometime after noon and confirmed a female was also in the room, but they were unsure whether she was being held against her will.

Around two PM a SWAT team distracted the man with a stun grenade and stormed the room. The man was captured without injury and the woman was also unharmed.