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February 15, 2008

Armed man gives up after confrontation in Lincoln

LINCOLN -- A 56-year-old man barricaded himself inside his apartment with a loaded shotgun this morning after preventing workers from getting in to work on an alarm system, the police said.

He came out of the multi-unit building without a weapon after about a half-hour.

Huntley Westcott, who lives at the Eagle Phase Apartments on Spring Street, never fired the gun, according to the police. He is slated for District Court arraignment later today on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, for pointing the gun at one of the workers who were trying to repair a building-wide alarm system, according to Lincoln Police Deputy Chief Brian Sullivan.

The call came in at 9:10 a.m., and about a dozen officers were at the scene, many with guns drawn. Lincoln, Cumberland and state police responded.

The police got about a half-dozen people out of the area of the building. Others were told to stay in their apartments.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:02 PM | Permalink

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