Man in custody after police surround apartment building on East Main Street
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Standoff on East Main Street (Photo: WHEC)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 54-year-old man is in custody after Rochester Police surrounded an apartment building on East Main Street near Herkimer Street on Thursday night.
RPD arrived around 10 p.m. after getting a call for a man threatening someone with a handgun. Officers surrounded the building for several hours until the man came out. Police determined that what appeared to be a handgun was actually a BB gun.
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