Update: Man In Custody After Barricade Situation in Fort Hunt

(Updated 2:50 p.m. Monday) FORT HUNT, VA — A man is in custody after barricading himself with two children inside a house near Culpeper Road and Londonderry Road in the Fort Hunt area, according to Fairfax County Police. Police said four and eight-year-old children were in the house and are now safe.

Authorities told WTOP no threats have been made. Officers have been outside the home since 8 p.m. Sunday after the man's friend called police, saying he was concerned for the man's well being.

After the children left the home, the man remained uncooperative with police. He began to enter and exit the house when an officer used a Taser. Police took the man into custody and called for rescue. The man was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and will receive required treatment. The incident resulted in no other injuries.

On Twitter the department said the man is experiencing a "mental crisis." Officers were trying to get the man to a hospital, but he would not answer the door. Police said at 11 a.m. they were still negotiating with the man.

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According to Fox5DC's Melanie Alnwick, neighbors heard negotiators asking the man to not hurt the children and to come to the window.