RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — A barricaded man in northeast Columbia has been arrested after a 17-hour standoff with police.
According to a statement from Columbia Police, officers were called to the Wood Creek Farms neighborhood east of Pontiac around 4 p.m. and have remained there overnight.
Police said the family of Devon M. Franklin was concerned because he was "displaying erratic behavior" and refused to come out of his home.
Police said that crisis negotiators remained on the scene working to speak with Franklin and additional resources were nearby. The standoff continued for hours, only coming to end around 9 a.m. the next morning.
Columbia Police said Franklin has since been taken to a local hospital and will be taken to jail afterward on three counts of pointing and presenting a firearm at family members and forcing them out of the home. None of those family members were wounded, however.
At this point in the investigation, investigators believe Franklin was under the influence of an "illicit substance" during some sort of crisis.