A suspect has been taken into custody after an hours-long barricade situation in Brooklyn on Thursday, police said.
One of the individuals involved fled the scene and the other person, a male, barricaded himself inside the building with a sharp object, which witnesses say was a machete.
Police had to saw through a lock to get access to the man holed up inside, but by then, it was too late. Police say within seconds, the man that was barricaded inside, ignited a fire around 6:45 p.m. and a choking black smoke started climbing out of the basement.They broke out windows from outside and inside the building to let the smoke vent, but in the end, the building, and two adjacent buildings had to be evacuated.
Police tried to pierce the dark smoke with flashlights to show the way, while some residents carried children from their homes. Medics took one man away on a gurney who neighbors identify as the person who barricaded himself in the basement after the confrontation with the machete.The suspect was taken into custody and transported to One Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center.The investigation is ongoing.
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