A man was taken into custody early Wednesday morning after a standoff that lasted over four hours.

According to Sgt. Brett Kelley with the St. Joseph Police Department, a man in his 30s barricaded himself in a basement with a handgun in the 2500 block of Lafayette Street around 9:30 Tuesday night. Kelley said the incident began due to an attempt to arrest the man on investigative charges.

The Special Response Team and negotiators were called in to assist and the man surrendered peacefully around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday.