NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A man suspected of domestic violence was taken into custody Thursday evening after an approximately five-hour standoff in an apartment complex in Newport Beach.
Police were dispatched about 2 p.m. to an apartment complex on the 1800 block of Westcliff Drive, near the Westcliff Plaza open-air neighborhood shopping center, regarding a domestic dispute involving an assault with a deadly weapon, according to Heather Rangel of the Newport Beach Police Department.
Police issued a warning at 4 p.m. for residents in the immediate area to shelter in place as they continued to persuade the suspect to surrender.
Officers took the man into custody around 7 p.m., police said.
It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured in the incident.
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