Man Threatens To Kill Parents In Castro Valley Home

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.

A hostage negotiator was able to get the man to surrender peacefully. No shots were fired.

The man was placed on a psychiatric hold. Sheriff's officials said an arrest is pending when the man is released from the hold.

— Bay City News; Image via Alameda County Sheriff's Office