HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio — Authorities arrested a 67-year-old man following an hours-long standoff and hostage situation in Hamilton County, according to reports.
Police in Colerain Township responded to reports of a hostage situation in the 2800 block of Royal Glen Drive around 8 p.m. Friday.
Officers learned that a man was possibly holding a woman at gunpoint inside the home.
When officers arrived, they surrounded the home and called in the Hamilton County Police Association Special Weapons and Tactics Team, WCPO-9 reported.
The woman managed to escape unharmed, though police did not explain how she got out.
Even after the hostage escaped, 67-year-old Abdullah Mustafa refused to surrender, WCPO-9 reported.
SWAT negotiators spent more than six hours talking with Mustafa before obtaining and executing a search warrant.
Authorities arrested Mustafa and booked him into the Hamilton County Justice Center.
According to our media partners, he faces charges of felonious assault, inducing panic, unlawful restraint, domestic violence, and having weapons under disability.
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