Police standoff ends peacefully in Central Falls

Police standoff ends peacefully in Central Falls

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WPRI) — There was a heavy police presence in a Central Falls neighborhood Monday morning. Police responded to a home on Cowden Street around 6 a.m. for a well-being check on a resident experiencing a mental health crisis. Officers arrived to the sound of a gunshot and made contact with someone inside who refused to come out, according to police. A perimeter was established, and Cowden Street was blocked off for several hours…