Police say a man is now in custody after an eight-hour standoff in North Park where the man, armed with a hatchet, threatened to burn a house down.
After eight hours with a negotiator officers say eventually a hamburger and some water brought the man out of the house and into custody.
Police responded to a 911 call Saturday around 11 a.m. say a man with a hatchet was lighting something on fire.
"He was armed with a hatchet at one point. He used it to break out some windows. And he was not armed with it when he was taken into custody," Lt. Carole Beason of SDPD told NBC7.
The man stood at a second-story window of his home at the 3300 block of 30th Street yelling at police.
A highly skilled negotiator kept talking to the man trying to get him to come out. Officials say the man did not make any requests and they don't know why he was barricaded. Firefighters were on scene just in case.
The man lives in the home with family members who were evacuated earlier leaving the man alone in the house for hours.
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Neighbors said they'd heard arguments in the house for years and they're glad he's finally getting help.
"Unfortunately the person sounded like he would get upset easily, and all I just heard was talk, never any physical confrontation," neighbor Timothy Capretta said.
Police say the man came out without a fight and ate his food. He will now be evaluated for any mental health issues and also be tested for drugs.
