Dorchester

Police arrest man barricaded with knife in Dorchester home

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Police say the man barricaded himself inside a home with a knife.

Boston police have arrested a man following an hours-long standoff in a home in the city's Dorchester neighborhood on Sunday.

Police responded to a home on Seaver Street shortly after 12p.m. on Sunday following reports of a man armed with a knife barricaded inside.

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Neighbors told NBC 10 Boston that the man does not live in the home that he entered.

Four hours later, the man was taken into police custody and transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation. No one was hurt in the incident.

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No additional information on the incident has been released.

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