Enfield Police Take Barricaded Man into Custody
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 | Updated 4:00 PM EDT
Lynn Sferrazza, NBC Connecticut
A man called police, said he had a gun and threatened to kill himself, according to police.
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Police used a stun gun on a man who had barricaded himself in a home on Elm Street in Enfield Wednesday afternoon.
According to police, the man called 911 and claimed to have a knife. The threatened to kill himself and asked police to kill him, Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said.
Officers closed off Elm Street and surrounded the house at 368 Elm around 1 p.m. No one else was in the home, police said.
After more than an hour of negotiations, police took the man into custody.
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