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Standoff ends peacefully in Hancock Co.

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HANCOCK CO., KY (WFIE) -

A standoff in Lewisport, Kentucky ends with no one hurt.

A man on 3rd Street barricaded himself inside a building next to his home with a pistol and was threatening suicide around 11:38 a.m. on Tuesday. 

The efforts of Lewisport Police, Hancock Co. Sheriff's Office, and OPD's Emergency Response Team were able to talk him out of the shed and to surrender the gun.

The man was taken to OMHS for an evaluation.

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