Police: Man Upset Over Sandwich Triggers Barricade Situation In Dundalk

An armed man upset someone took a bite out of his grilled-cheese sandwich triggered an hours-long barricade situation Sunday evening in Dundalk, Baltimore County police said.

Cpl. Shawn Vinson said officers were called around 5 p.m. for a domestic dispute at a house in the 7100 block of North Point Boulevard. A woman and her daughter came out of the house and told officers that shots had been fired. Vinson said no one was hit by the gunfire.

"We do have evidence that the weapon was fired," Vinson said.

Police said the suspect remained inside the house alone.

Vinson said that the man surrendered peacefully to officers around 8:50 p.m.

"Our negotiation team spoke with the man and eventually talked him into coming out of the house and surrendering peacefully," Vinson said.

Vinson said it turned out that the man got upset over someone in the house who took a bite of his grilled-cheese sandwich.

"Apparently, the man had made a grilled-cheese sandwich and either the wife or the daughter, we're not exactly sure who, but somebody, one of the females in the house, took a bite of his sandwich, and apparently, that enraged him to the point that he fired shots in the house," Vinson said.

The man will be taken to a hospital for an evaluation and he will face charges.

North Point Boulevard between Kane and Eastern was shut down, and police had asked neighbors to shelter in place during the incident.