MUSKEGON, MI – When Randhir Billing was asked by police to close his convenience store down during

Monday, he didn’t suspect the neighboring home to be involved.

Billing, who owns the Super Stop at 2390 W. Sherman Blvd., said the couple allegedly involved in the standoff that forced authorities to close down roads in the area were regular customers.

“They never gave me problems,” Billing said. “They came in here all the time. They didn’t give me trouble, but they had problems. They were living together.”

Authorities at the scene wouldn’t elaborate on the nature of the relationship between the male and female involved in a standoff that began around 2 a.m. inside a home in the 2300 block of West Sherman Boulevard.

Muskegon Public Safety Director Jeffrey Lewis said authorities were called in regards to a domestic assault involving a weapon. There was a young boy in the home at the time, he said, but a weapon was never fired.

Lewis said Muskegon police officers attempted to make contact with the people inside the home, but those inside “wouldn’t respond.”

“They chose not to answer,” Lewis said.

Lewis said the call to 911 came in from a "third party." Police learned there were “multiple weapons” believed to be inside the home, Lewis said.

By 5 a.m. Michigan State Police officials were called to the scene. An armored state police vehicle was at the scene for hours using various tactics to get the person allegedly armed to come outside the home, Lewis said.

Shortly after 10 a.m. a Muskegon-area man in his 30s was taken into police custody, Lewis said. The man “has a criminal history,” he said.

Authorities didn't immediately release the suspect's name. Lewis said the man was taken to the Muskegon Police Department for questioning.

No one was seriously injured during the standoff and a weapon was never fired, Lewis said.

Meanwhile, Billing said around 7:30 a.m. Monday police told him to close down his store. Billing turned off the "open" sign to the store and waited for the standoff to end.

He said neighbors came out of their homes to see what all the commotion was about, some taking pictures of the large armored state police vehicle parked next door to the home.

Several armed state police officials were at the scene. The Muskegon Fire Department and additional Muskegon Police Department officials were at the scene, as well. Pro Med Ambulance was at the scene in case someone got injured.

Melodee Carroll, owner of MiBar located adjacent to the home in question, said someone called her to alert her to the incident.

Carroll lives in an apartment above the bar. Friends had called to ask whether she was OK when the police vehicles were seen in the area.

At 8:30 a.m. authorities knocked on her door and advised she leave the residence for a while.

“They said there was a situation across the street and we were advised to leave,” Carroll said.

Muskegon Police patrol officers blocked off several roads in the surrounding area until the standoff was over.

Additional information wasn’t immediately known.

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