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Subject taken into custody after SWAT standoff in Thornton

The investigation is ongoing after a SWAT standoff in Thornton that led to a subject being taken into custody. Police did not call the person a suspect.
A look at the standoff in Thornton courtesy Tim Barnes Jr.

Thornton police have taken a subject into custody after a SWAT standoff in the area of 136th and Madison Street Thursday evening.

The Thornton Police Department said their investigation is ongoing.

Law enforcement first got a call of shots fired in a backyard near 136th Avenue and Madison Street just before 5 p.m.

An officer with Thornton PD reportedly saw a person in the backyard of a house with a gun and then saw that person go into a house.

Police said they did not know if anyone else is in the house with them. Officers set up a perimeter around the home and called in their SWAT unit.

A reverse-911 call went out to nearby residents asking them to shelter-in-place during the standoff. Another one went out to let neighbors know. Officers also knocked on doors to let them know the hourslong stand off was over.

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