Man in custody after shots fired, police standoff on 10th Street

Man in custody after shots fired, police standoff on 10th Street

Members of the Niagara Falls Police Department’s Emergency Response Team stormed a 10th Street home Wednesday night and took a 29-year-old man into custody following reports of a shooting.

Armed Standoff Ends with SWAT Team Storming Home in Niagara Falls

A tense standoff on 10th Street ended on Wednesday night with Niagara Falls Police taking a 29-year-old man into custody after reports that gunfire had been directed toward another person inside a home. Officers were first called to a residence on the 400 block of 10th Street at about 8:45pm for a complaint involving an unwanted individual. The situation escalated when dispatchers were told that a man had fired a .22-caliber firearm through a do…