Pittsburgh polling place briefly locked down as SWAT called to apartment

Pittsburgh police briefly placed a polling place in Homewood South on lockdown Tuesday evening as they prepared for a possible standoff with a man they believed was armed.

A 911 caller told police an armed, wanted man was in an apartment on the 600 block of North Braddock Avenue, according to the city Department of Public Safety.

A firehouse next door served as the local polling place. It was locked down for about 15 minutes, with people inside told to shelter in place.

When police arrived around 7:30 p.m. they found the man attempting to jump from a second floor window, according to the department. When officers called to the unidentified suspect he went back inside.

Police believed the man might barricade himself inside the apartment and called the SWAT team. Before the SWAT team arrived, the man surrendered and was taken into custody on several existing warrants.

The man did not have a gun when he surrendered. Police plan to search the apartment for the reported weapon.