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WEBVTT 11-NEWS REPORTER VANESSA HERRINGIS LIVE IN DUNDALK WITH DETAILS.REPORTER: POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTFIRED SHOTS INSIDE HIS HOMEAFTER HIS WIFE OR DAUGHTER TOOKA BITE OUT OF HIS GRILLED CHEESESANDWICH.THE MAN'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER RANOUT OF THE HOME WHEN OFFICERSARRIVED, BUT THE SUSPECT REFUSEDTO COME OUT.POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME INTHE 7100 BLOCK OF BALTIMORESTREET AROUND 5:00 FOR ADOMESTIC DISPUTE.WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THE MAN'SWIFE AND DAUGHTER TOLD THEMSHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED.NOBODY WAS HURT.THE MAN REFUSED TO LEAVE THEHOME FOR THE NEXT AS WE DROVE BYTHREE HOURS.THE SCENE EARLIER TONIGHT, WECAPTURED THIS VIDEO OF THE MANON THE HOME'S PORCH, HE APPEAREDTO BE YELLING AT POLICE.THE MAN EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED,PEACEFULLY, AND INVESTIGATORSLEARNED THIS ENTIRE ORDEALSTARTED WITH A BITE OUT OF AGRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH.>> RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW IFTHERE'S ANY MENTAL ISSUES, OR IFTHERE WAS ALCOHOL OR DRUGSINVOLVED.WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AROUNDTHE HOUSE, AND THE MAN WILL BETAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOREVALUATION TO SEE WHY THISENRAGED HIM SO MUCH ABOUT THEGRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH.REPORTER THIS WAS A MASSIVEPOLICE RESPONSE.THE SWEAT TEAM WAS CALLED IN.OFFICERS FROM ESSEX WERE CALLEDIN TO HELP.THE MAN WILL BE BROUGHT TO AHOSPITAL FOR AN EVALUATION, BUTHE WILL FACE CHARGES.THE CHARGES WILL MOST LIKELY BE

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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 East Baltimore Street. A woman and three teenagers 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 later found a loaded, lever-action long gun with a chambered round placed just inside the front door. Police said the suspect, Daniel Brian Blackwell, 55, remained inside the house alone until he came outside about three hours later. Police said the standoff ended when Blackwell -- who was wearing a holster of ammunition around his waist but was not carrying a weapon at the time -- stepped out on the porch, allowing officers to use pepper balls to subdue him and bring him into custody. "Our negotiation team spoke with the man and eventually talked him into coming out of the house and surrendering peacefully," Vinson said. Police said Monday that it turned out Blackwell got upset over his wife taking a bite of his grilled-cheese sandwich. Blackwell's wife told police that the first shot was fired as she was in the kitchen making dinner. The wife told police she went to check on Blackwell and found him surrounded by guns and ammunition. She went back upstairs heard three more gunshots, the projectiles of which came through the kitchen floor near where she was standing, police said. "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 Sunday. Blackwell has been charged with attempted first- and second- degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and various firearms violations. Police said Blackwell has prior assault convictions and he remained in police custody in a hospital pending an emergency evaluation. Police said officers found 15 firearms -- four of them loaded -- in the house. Remington .44 Magnum rifle (loaded) Ruger .357 Magnum revolver (loaded) Springfield .45 ACP (loaded) Remington 1187 12-gauge shotgun (loaded) Ruger Airhawk pellet rifle Traditions hunter rifle .50 cal Mossberg .22 cal rifle Winchester 94 AE 30-30 rifle Mossberg .22 rifle Winchester .370 20-gauge shotgun Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun Winchester 270 rifle Ruger S7W .40 cal pistol Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun Police also found a large amount of ammunition and gun accessories. Body camera footage from this incident is part of an ongoing investigation. North Point Boulevard between Kane and Eastern was shut down, and police had asked neighbors to shelter in place during the incident. Refresh wbaltv.com and our app, and watch 11 News for late-breaking updates. Also on WBALTV.com: Teenager fatally stabbed mother's boyfriend, police say Police Shoot, Kill Suspect In Howard County