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Man in custody after firing at officers at Indiana motel

In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 photo, police officers from the Indiana State Police, Steuben County Sheriff's Department, Fremont Police Department and others stand at the ready during a standoff with a man at the Travelers Inn in rural Fremont, Ind. After nearly seven hours, the suspect, who allegedly fired gunshots at police, surrendered. (Ashlee Hoos /The Herald Republican via AP) The Associated Press

Posted June 15, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

FREMONT, Ind. (AP) - Police say a man who fired shots at officers at a northeastern Indiana motel has been taken into custody after a roughly seven-hour standoff.

The Fremont Police Department responded around midday Thursday to the Travelers Inn in Fremont to check on the welfare of a person in a room. State police say officers found the man in a bathroom and he fired a handgun at them when he opened a door.

No officers were injured. Other rooms were evacuated and area schools were put on lockdown.

The Herald Republican reports negotiators were in contact with the 36-year-old by telephone before communications began to break down and officers sent in tear gas. Police say the man fired at officers before surrendering. He was checked out at a hospital before being jailed.

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