15 emerge from house, but police unsure anyone held hostage

Police also found two rifles, a handgun, a small amount of PCP and another drug. Police aren’t sure who they belong to.

“We will figure out whether we need to arrest anybody through the investigative process,” Vance said.

Authorities received a call around 5 a.m. from someone inside saying they were being held hostage. When police arrived, someone inside saw the police and slammed the door.

“We got a report of a situation that equates to a kidnapping,” Vance said. “That individual gave us a name as to who was doing that.”

All told, Vance said 15 people came out of the house over the course of the standoff.

The chief said some of them may have been lying to police, and it’s the original caller might face a charge of filing a false report.

“We can’t just say halfway into it this looks like a hoax and pack up and go,” Vance said, explaining that police had a duty to take the situation seriously. A major street was blocked off and students were held inside two nearby schools for their safety.

Shortly after law enforcement left, some people milling around the rundown wood frame house refused to talk to reporters. Some were taking their belongings and leaving, while another complained that his belongings had been given to a woman he didn’t know.

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Jeff Amy, The Associated Press

by Canadian Press

15 emerge from house, but police unsure anyone held hostage

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