Beaverton police arrested a man early Saturday morning who is accused of injuring a woman and holding officers at bay with a gun while a 3-year-old child was in a house with him, police said.

Officers arrived at the home in the 15100 block of Southwest Barcelona Way at about 2:40 a.m. and found a child, believed to be 9 years old, outside and "crying that her mommy and daddy were hurting each other," a Beaverton police news release says.

The woman in the home was out of the house when officers arrived, the news release says.

But a 3-year-old child remained in the house with the man, who was not identified in the news release.

The man refused to come out of the house and "armed himself with a gun and challenged the police to shoot him," the news release says. "The Washington County Tactical Negotiations Team, along with crisis negotiators, were activated and responded to the scene. After several hours of attempts, the male surrendered peacefully and was taken into custody around 7:50 this morning."

Neither child was injured. The woman's injuries were not known nor were the charges for which the man was being investigated, a police spokesman said.

-- Allan Brettman