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Armed barricaded suspects surrender after 12 hours of negotiation in Findlay hotel

The standoff began as domestic incident in St. Clair County, Michigan, police say. A man was arrested on felony warrants and a woman detained for medical evaluation.

FINDLAY, Ohio — A domestic incident that started in Michigan ended Wednesday night at a Findlay hotel.

According to the Findlay Police Department, officers responded to the Drury Inn around 9:34 a.m. to contact a man and a woman involved in a domestic incident in St. Clair County, Michigan.

The man and woman refused to leave the hotel room and barricaded themselves inside, police claim.

Officers maintained communication with both subjects. 

Just after 9 p.m., the 55-year-old woman exited the hotel room and was interviewed by authorities from St. Clair County, according to Findlay police.

Further negotiations led to the man surrendering about an hour later. 

Gabriel Charles Wagner, 52, from St. Clair Shores, Michigan, was arrested on felony warrants related to the original domestic incident, police say. Additional charges are possible and the woman was detained for medical evaluation, Findlay Mayor Christina Muryn said in an update on social media.

Muryn said the situation involved "armed barricaded suspects" and no threat to the public.

Wagner is being held at the Hancock County jail.

The incident is under investigation.

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