LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. (WSVN) — A man is in custody after a suicide threat led to a SWAT standoff in Lauderdale Lakes.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office responded to a home along 35th Street and 35th Terrace, around 7 p.m., Tuesday.
According to officials, the man barricaded himself in a home with two women and five children inside, while making threats of suicide.
Helicopters hovered over the area, as well as SWAT crews on the ground to control the situation.
The man was taken into custody after several hours.
The family was not harmed.