Struthers standoff

STRUTHERS

Struthers police, assisted by several police departments and the Mahoning Valley Crisis Response Team, were continuing at 11 p.m. Tuesday to try to persuade a man who barricaded himself in an upstairs room in a Fifth Street home about 6:30 p.m. to surrender.

A 16-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy were in the home at the beginning of the standoff, but escaped after an altercation with the suspect, reported The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV.

Authorities said a shot was fired inside the home, but no one outside was injured. Police entered the home and talked with the suspect, 48, but as of 11 p.m., the standoff continued.