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OTHERS FORCED TO SHELTER IN PLACE .. WMUR'S SIOBHAN LOPEZ IS LIVE NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED. IT'S INCREDIBLE NO ONE WAS INJURED CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF SHOTS POLICE SAY WERE FIRED ... THEY'RE THANKING THE PUBLIC TONIGHT FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION. 55 YEAR OLD MICHAEL BURNS IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER AN EIGHT HOUR STANDOFF ? AND AT THIS POINT AUTHORITIES STILL AREN'T SURE JUST HOW MANY SHOTS HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED. <CLIP 30 11:58-12:08 ROUNDS WERE ONLY FIRED BY THE SUSPECT THAT'S THE INVESTIGATION HOW MANY ROUNDS, IT'S AT THIS POINT I CAN'T SAY BUT HUNDREDS.> IT STARTED WITH A 9- 1-1 CALL REPORTING GUNSHOTS AROUND 5:20 THIS MORNING ? PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SAME HANOVER STREET BUILDING AS BURNS WERE WOKEN UP AND TOLD TO EVACUATE. <CLIP 4922 20:03-20:08 THEY TOLD US TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH OUR HANDS UP AND WALK ACROSS THE STREET.> <CLIP 4922 19:16-19:23 I MEAN THE GUY LIVES RIGHT BELOW ME, AND IT'S LIKE HE'S DOWN THERE SHOOTING A GUN? THAT'S WHAT'S SCARY.> OTHERS WERE DISPLACED ? A LARGE AREA WAS TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE ? NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT IT WAS A TERRIFYING ORDEAL FOR THOSE WHO LIVE NEARBY .. WHO SAY THEY COULD HEAR THE GUNSHOTS. <CLIP 01 56:55-56:59 YOU COULD HEAR IT WHIZZING BY THE BUILDING.> <CLIP 01 58:14-58:22 HE DID HE SHOT RIGHT IN THE BUILDING THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME AND THE MAIN BEHIND US.> STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES UTILIZED HELICOPTERS AND DRONES ? AND WERE ASSISTED BY MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE. POLICE SAY PRIOR TO THE STANDOFF, BURNS HAD SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. <CLIP 30 10:02-10:10 SO HE'S BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THOSE CHARGES THEY INCLUDE TWO SIMPLE ASSAULT MISDEMEANORS AND ALSO CRIMINAL THREATENING WHICH IS A FELONY LEVEL OFFENSE.> BURNS IS EXPECTED TO FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES. POLICE SAY RIGHT NOW THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR ... NEIGHBORS WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY KNOW BURNS, AND F

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A suspect has been taken into custody after shots were fired Thursday morning in Claremont, prompting an eight-hour standoff, state police said.Michael Burns, 55, was taken into custody at about 2:20 p.m.>> Download the FREE WMUR appA shelter-in-place order was issued for Centennial, North and Hanover streets in Claremont after the shots were reported about 5:20 a.m. Thursday. Police said a person, later identified as Burns, barricaded himself in an apartment at 54 Hanover St."Gunfire, we could hear it," witness Nancy Church said. "We heard it. We could hear it whizzing by the building."Police surrounded the area and started evacuating residents."My landlord came in and woke me up and told me I had to leave the house because the guy down below right below me was shooting a gun," said resident Darren Potter.Shots could be heard throughout the morning, but the scene was quiet from about 11:30 a.m. to noon. Around noon, the sound of tear gas or pepper spray canisters being fired could be heard.Some residents were told to stay in their homes as the state police SWAT team was called in. Officials said they used drones and helicopters during the operation, and police could be heard throughout the morning trying to communicate with Burns with a bullhorn.Police said "hundreds of rounds" were fired during the standoff by Burns. Officials said no police officers fired their weapons.Burns was wanted on warrants for two counts of simple assault and one count of criminal threatening. Police said that as the investigation into Thursday's incident continues, additional charges are expected.A shelter was established at the Claremont Community Center was established for people displaced during the standoff, police said.