Shots fired in east Columbus leads to SWAT team intervention

A man has been taken into custody after a gun was fired at a home on the east side of Columbus yesterday and the SWAT team was called to the scene.

According to the Columbus Police Department, the incident started at about 1:13 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of Pence Street when a witness went to check on a 68-year-old man at the home. Police were told that the man opened the door carrying the weapon, appeared to be having a mental health crisis and fire the weapon into the home.

Police arrived on the scene and cordoned off the area while the SWAT team was called in. However before the SWAT team could set up, the man came outside holding the handgun. Police say that he complied with their orders and was taken into custody without further incident. The firearm was taken by police 1nd the man was taken to the hospital by officers to be evaluated.

No one else was at home and no one was injured. The incident remains under investigation.

The SWAT team is made up of city officers, county deputies and Columbus Regional Hospital medics.

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