Crime & Safety
Person In Custody After Standoff With Police At Rockland Home
Rockland Police said the suspect barricaded himself in a home and threatened to shoot police. A bomb squad was called in.
ROCKLAND, MA — A standoff between a man who barricaded himself in a Rockland home is over after the man was taken into police custody.
Police are urging that people stay away from Leisure Woods, the 55 and older community as a bomb squad checks the house for explosives.
The person threatened to shoot police, Rockland Police said. The barricaded house was on Chestnut Circle.
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SWAT teams are on the scene.
BREAKING: Pictures show the SWAT team on scene in Rockland, Leisurewoods 55+ community #Boston 25 (Credit: Debbie Evers Miller) pic.twitter.com/8XfZGGibjF
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