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A man with a gun surrendered to police after an hours-long standoff with police outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
There are police patrol cars outside. An ongoing police operation outside the building caused the headquarters to be closed. Benno Schwinghammer is a member of the picture alliance.
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A New York Police Department spokesman told Forbes that the suspect, described as a white man in his 60s, was taken into custody peacefully Thursday afternoon.
The man who was reported to be holding a gun on First Avenue near the U.N. complex was spoken to by officers for hours.
The building was reopened for normal traffic around 12 p.m., after employees were asked to shelter in place.
A man with a long gun is pacing in front of the flags outside of the building.
The NYPD bomb squad responded to the scene as a precautionary measure, after the man had a bag with him.
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John Joe Gray barricaded himself inside of his home in Trinidad, Texas, for nearly 15 years, which is believed to be the longest police standoff in U.S. history. He refused to leave his residence for years after he was charged for assault and refused to return to court. Gray was not told about the dismissal of the charge until 2016 according to USA Today.
A man is outside the UN after a standoff.
