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Police: Man barricaded himself in Bridgeport home

Police say a man barricaded himself inside his home Sunday afternoon as officers were serving him a warrant. Officials say the man on Sylvan Avenue claimed to have a knife and would hurt himself if

News 12 Staff

Aug 1, 2016, 1:54 AM

Updated 3,285 days ago

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Police say a man barricaded himself inside his home Sunday afternoon as officers were serving him a warrant.
Officials say the man on Sylvan Avenue claimed to have a knife and would hurt himself if they did not back off.
They say there was a brief stand-off and that the man eventually surrendered after his mother arrived on scene and spoke to him.
Police say the man had minor self-inflicted cuts on his wrists.