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SWAT respond to standoff in Darlington Township

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DARLINGTON Twp., Pa. (WKBN)- There was a standoff in Beaver County Friday morning.

It happened in Darlington Township, just across the state line from East Palestine.

The Beaver County Sheriff's Office and Chippewa Police Department responded to Taggart Road to serve a warrant out of Ohio when deputies say a man barricaded himself in a shed and said he wasn't coming out.

"The man barricaded himself in a shed at the residence. We called out the local emergency services unit, the SWAT unit -- they came out and started hailing the guy inside," said Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy. "He made some threats against the officers that were there and against himself, actually."

Deputies said the man eventually walked out of the shed with his hands up.

Authorities said the man was taken into custody. His identity is still unknown.

It's not known what the warrant was for.

Guy said no one was hurt during Friday morning's incident.

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