Sandwich Sparked Barricade Situation in Dundalk: Police

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — An argument over food led to a barricade situation in Dundalk Sunday, according to officials. What started the fight, police said, was who took a bite out of a grilled cheese sandwich.

Police said an armed man was barricaded inside a home in the 7100 block of North Point Boulevard Sunday evening. Charges were pending against the man, who was safely taken into custody around 9 p.m. on Sunday, officials reported.

Officers were originally called at 5 p.m. for a domestic dispute at the residence on North Point Boulevard, where a woman and her daughter said shots had been fired inside so they went outisde, according to WBAL. The two females were accused of taking a bite out of the sandwich.

Seeing that someone else took a bite of the sandwich "enraged him," Cpl. Shawn Vinson told ABC 2 News of the suspect, who allegedly fired shots inside the residence. At that point, the two women left the home.

As authorities investigated the incident, North Point Boulevard was shut down between Kane Street at Eastern Avenue.

Special operations personnel assisted in the negotiations and arrest.

This was the second domestic-related incident in the area in 24 hours. A 16-year-old was charged in the stabbing death of his mother's boyfriend in the 3300 block of North Point Road on Saturday, police said.

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