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Ada County standoff ends, man in custody

One man is in custody following a standoff Thursday afternoon at a house in southwest Boise, where someone had reported a domestic disturbance.

BOISE, Idaho — According to the Ada County Sheriff's Office, an armed man was inside a home in a subdivision near Trestlewood Street and Five Mile Road, and was refusing to come out. 

The standoff began at about 12:30 p.m. and ended at about 2:15 p.m.

Ada County Sheriff's Office spokesman Patrick Orr said deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at the home, which was called in at about 10:45 a.m. Orr said the only other person in the house was able to get out and talk with deputies when they arrived. That person said the suspect was inside with a rifle and other guns, and did not want to come out or talk to law enforcement.

When deputies were able to contact the suspect, he refused to come out of the house. Orr said based on his history and the way he was acting, deputies set up around the house and began negotiating. 

Law enforcement sent out a Code RED alert to nearby residents about the police activity.

The man agreed to come out after "a lot of back-and-forth communication," but after walking out of the house, he refused to move or listen to any of the deputies' commands, Orr said. Deputies used what the sheriff's office called less-lethal rounds to subdue him, then took him into custody.

Deputies were interviewing the man late Thursday afternoon, and he has not yet been booked into jail.

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