MERLIN — State police urged people to stay away from a location in downtown Merlin shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday because of an armed standoff.
An OSP spokesman said that they attempted to serve a search warrant at 126 Galice Road and the person barricaded himself inside the residence. More details were not available.
People are urged to avoid the area by a half mile in each direction. The location is in the heart of Merlin, between Pleasant Valley and Robertson Bridge roads.
A Courier reporter at the scene said troopers and deputies have surrounded the residence and are using a bullhorn to call out the occupant.
Merlin-Galice Road is not blocked off, although side roads Taylor and Alameda Street and Taylor Place are.
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Is it me or is there an up-tick in shootings, lone-wolves, and a bunch of negative gun news?
IVE BEEN EXPECTING SWAT/ATF IN MY FRONT YARD FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW………I KNOW YOU SOBS FOLLOW THIS SITE,SO AGAIN………..KISS MY ASS…….IM WAITING…………CHICKEN SHITS………….
Not me…too many mountain lions–and now bears–that these cowards wouldn’t be able to handle unless a few hundred of ’em show up like they did for the Republic of Texas standoff in 1997…