CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A hostage situation at a suburban Detroit bank lasted more than four hours Thursday before ending peacefully with a suspect in custody, authorities said. A man armed with a handgun who had announced a robbery surrendered after releasing his hostages Thursday evening, said Joshua Meier, director of public safety for Canton Township. “When officers arrived on scene, the suspect had barricaded himself inside the bank along with an undisclosed number of hostages,” Meier said at a news conference. The drama unfolded at a Citizens Bank branch in Canton Township, 30 miles west of Detroit. Rose’s Restaurant next door to the bank was evacuated by owner Richard Costantino, who called it a “tense” situation.

Source: National Post January 25, 2018 22:24 UTC