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Hours-long standoff with armed man at downtown apartment ends without injuries:

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Six police vehicles were parked near an apartment building in a residential area of Yellowknife on Tuesday night. Blair McBride/NNSL photo

An hours-long standoff at a downtown apartment building ended with no injuries after an armed man was taken into custody by Yellowknife Tuesday night.

Police say a man barricaded himself inside a Sunridge Apartments unit around 5 p.m. SA国际影视传媒 prompting a large-scale police response that saw multiple units, including a crisis negotiation team, rush to the 51A Avenue apartment complex.

SA国际影视传媒淎fter several hours, at approximately midnight, diversion devices, (loud bangs) were deployed by . As a result, an adult male was taken into custody without incident,SA国际影视传媒 states a news release issue by Mounties Wednesday.

The area was closed to traffic during the stand-off, which ended around midnight Tuesday.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident.