KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, ended an hours-long standoff with a man believed to be connected to a homicide that happened on an Amtrak train in Lee's Summit.
According to KCPD public information officer Jake Becchina, officers responded to the area to conduct a residence check in relation to a homicide.
KCPD officers were accompanied by officers from the Lee's Summit Police Department.
While trying to make contact, the suspect pointed a weapon at officers and then barricaded himself in an apartment near the 1600 block of Bushman Drive.
The suspect pointed a gun at officers several times, but didn't fire any shots.
Negotiators convinced the man to come out of the apartment unit at around 8:15 p.m. and no one was injured.
Officers evacuated several adults and children during the standoff.
The standoff began at around 2:30 p.m.
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