CASTRO VALLEY, CA — A suicidal man threatened to shoot his parents to death Tuesday evening in a standoff that eventually ended peacefully, sheriff's officials said.

At 5:15 p.m., the man, 21, had a gun and was in a home in the 2800 block of Chloe Court with his mom and dad.

Sheriff's officials said the man pistol-whipped his father and threatened to kill him. The father escaped and the man held his mother inside the home and threatened to kill her and himself.