Standoff between armed man, Loveland Police ends safely

A standoff between Loveland Police and a man armed with a handgun ended Friday morning with no injuries.

Police officers arrived to the 1400 block of West 8th Street in Loveland at about 7:15 a.m. after reports that a distraught man with a handgun was making threats against himself. Officers surrounded the area and helped a woman of unknown relation to the man leave the house, according to police reports and scanner traffic.

For the next 45 minutes, the man stood his ground, moving around the house and yard as he remained armed, occasionally peeking at officers over the top of a fence and hiding behind a shed south of the home. Police closed West 8th Street and southbound Taft Avenue at 8th Street during the standoff and sent an Everbridge notification to the surrounding area.

Finally, about 8 a.m., the man put down the gun and turned himself over to the officers, according to the police report. Police don’t expect any criminal charges related to the incident.

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