One man was arrested and two children were found safe inside a home after a nearly two-hour standoff with police early Saturday in the Ward-Meade neighborhood.

Topeka police Lt. John Trimble said officers were called about 2 a.m. to the 100 block of S.W. Fillmore — just south of Interstate 70 and the Kansas River — on a report of a domestic disturbance with gunshots.

As officers arrived, they saw 28-year-old Christopher Jordan Heaney on the porch with a handgun. He immediately ran inside the residence and refused to come out, Trimble said.

Officers then talked with two people who said they were involved in an altercation with Heaney. During an argument, they said, Heaney retrieved a handgun and fired one shot inside the house.

One person was able to flee the house immediately and run to a neighbor's house to call 911, Trimble said. The second person was also able to leave just before officers arrived.

The 100 block of S.W. Fillmore was blocked off by officers and a perimeter was set up around the house.

Officers also learned two small children were inside the home with Heaney.

When contacted by law enforcement, Heaney initially refused to come out and turn himself in.

Officials continued to contact him by phone, and he left the house and was taken into custody with further incident at 3:48 a.m., Trimble said.

The children were found to be safe and were released to a family member.

Heaney was taken to the Law Enforcement Center, 320 S. Kansas Ave., for an interview before being booked into the Shawnee County Jail in connection with two counts of aggravated domestic assault.

Police asked that anyone with information about the incident contact the Topeka Police Criminal Investigation Bureau at (785) 368-9400 or Crime Stoppers at (785) 234-0007. Anonymous tips may be made online at www.p3tips.com/128.