WILLIAMSPORT -- A man who held police at bay for 12 hours during which he yelled "I'm gonna to shoot you cops" has been jailed without bail.

Evan Justin Chapman, 46, never fired at police who surrounded the apartment house in the 1500 block of Light Street in which he lives but he is accused of discharging a rifle inside.

Police were dispatched to the apartment house at 7:11 a.m. Saturday for a domestic disturbance. Chapman was taken into custody at 7:19 p.m. on the third floor by Williamsport's special response team.

The first officers who responded say they observed a man, later identified as Chapman, pointing a rifle with a scope at them from an attic window.

He is alleged to have yelled, "I'm gonna shoot your pigs. I've got you all in my scope."

The officers took cover and, according to the arrest affidavit, a few minutes later Chapman came to the porch and yelled, "shoot me."

He also is alleged to have said "I had every one of you cops' heads." Police said they deployed a stun gun while issuing numerous commands for Chapman to drop his weapon.

Streets surrounding the apartment house were blocked off and more police units were summoned including the Lycoming County hostage rescue team and a bomb squad from Centre County.

Throughout the day police attempted to persuade Chapman to drop his weapon and come outside. They shot flash bangs through windows but no live rounds.

A woman who lives with Chapman told police he was heavily intoxicated having consumed vodka and beer.

She told police Chapman began yelling for her to return to the living room after she went into the bedroom to sleep but she refused.

She alleged Chapman came into the bedroom grabbed her by the neck and strangled her for 10 to 15 minutes.

When he stopped she grabbed a few things and fled to a downstairs apartment where her father lives, she told police.

A short time later she heard a gunshot upstairs and called 911, the charges state.

Chapman is charged with strangulation, aggravated and simple assault, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, possession of an instrument of crime and discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure.

District Judge Christian D. Frey explained he denied bail because he considered Chapman a safety and flight risk.

Chapman told the judge he is unemployed, lived in the apartment for about two years and has no family in the Williamsport area.

His criminal record, according to police, includes charges of simple assault, escape and drunken driving in both Lycoming and Clinton counties.