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Stand-off and arrest in Council Bluffs, Thursday

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May 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Residents of a neighborhood in Council Bluffs were told to leave late this (Thursday) morning as personnel with several law enforcement agencies converged on a home and were involved in a brief stand-off. Omaha television station KETV reports residents in the vicinity of 21st Street and 6th Avenue in Council Bluffs, were asked to leave their homes at around 11:30-a.m.

Council Bluffs police, Pottawattamie County sheriff’s deputies and Iowa State Patrol troopers were all at the scene with their guns drawn at around 12:15-p.m. One male subject was taken into custody moments later.

Additional details are currently not available.