Off-duty officer in standoff surrenders

Off-duty officer in standoff surrenders

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty New Jersey police officer has surrendered after a 10-hour standoff inside a suburban Philadelphia home.

Police say 42-year-old Richard Klementovich, a Clifton Township, N.J., police officer, surrendered shortly before midnight and was taken into custody.

Officers in Bucks County were called to the Doylestown Township home after a neighbor reported some kind of disturbance shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday.

A county emergency official says shots were fired at officers and police vehicles as officials arrived at the residence.

Pennridge Regional police chief Dave Mettin says one officer was injured by metal shrapnel. He has been treated at a hospital and released.

A police SWAT team was called to the scene. Officers evacuated some residents and warned others to take shelter in their basements.