AVALON, Pa. — A man is in custody after a SWAT response in Avalon.
Allegheny County Police Department officials say their SWAT team was called just after 5 p.m. Thursday to help the sheriff’s office with a wanted man barricaded in the 200 block of Harrison Avenue.
The man had reportedly made threats to a resident that he was going to burn the house down and get into a shooting with police.
SWAT negotiators made contact with the man, who surrendered without incident.
Officials with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office say the man had a bench warrant for a probation violation on a case involving a gun charge.
The house where the man barricaded himself reportedly belonged to his girlfriend. Officials say he broke in and threatened to burn it down. Fugitive squad officers were there last month looking for him.
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