10-Month-Old Baby Held in Armed Standoff with Police

An overnight standoff with police was resolved without injury to either the 10-month-old baby or a woman police said was held at gunpoint by the 34-year-old man who surrendered to police Saturday.

The standoff occurred in the Rochester Estates mobile home park in the area of Avon Road and John R. Road. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office was called about 1 a.m. Saturday after neighbors reported hearing a couple yelling inside, MLive reports.

Police saw the suspect knock the woman to the floor and hold a semi-automatic rifle on her. He barricaded the door with a couch, and had the weapon trained on police.

Twelve homes in the area were evacuated and residents were taken to a safe location in an armored vehicle.

The woman escaped the home after several hours, and the suspect, whose name has not been released, surrendered with the baby around 9 a.m. The baby was unharmed, but the woman had red marks on her face sustained during the assault, police believe.

Saturday was the second time in six days that Oakland County deputies ended a standoff peacefully, WDIV, Channel 4, reports.

The rifle and two other guns were seized by police.