A three-hour standoff with Lakewood’s SWAT team this morning ended with a man taken into custody, TLS has learned.

The incident began around 12:30 AM when police were called to an apartment in the south end of Lakewood for reports of a man inside an apartment illegally.

Upon arrival, the man barricaded himself inside the apartment, prompting Lakewood’s SRT unit to respond.

After approximately three hours in 22-degree snowy weather, police managed to safely talk the man into giving himself up and he was taken into custody without further incident.

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