GLENDALE, AZ — A man was taken into custody early Monday morning after barricading himself in his Glendale home and firing a gun in the area of police officers.
Glendale police officials were first called to a home near 67th Avenue and Deer Valley Road late Sunday night to conduct a welfare check.
Police say a man answered the door and pointed a gun at officers before going back inside and barricading himself inside. The man fired several rounds during the standoff and hit a police cruiser. No officers were shot.
A SWAT team was called in to assist with the scene and the man was taken into custody several hours later.
No one else was believed to be in the home with him during the incident.
Police say the man was suffering from a mental health crisis.
