The Fauntleroy resident involved in a five-hour standoff with Seattle Police on Saturday, April 25, was taken to Harborview Medical Center for a mental evaluation and has not been booked in King County Jail at this time.

According to Seattle Police public information officer Mark Jamieson the man, whose name has not yet been released, may not be charged with any crime, as police have not indicated that they plan to do so.

Jamieson was able to confirm that the man did have two shot guns and one hand gun in his home.

Jamieson also describes the man as a 50-year-old white male. The incident began at 1:25 p.m. when a neighbor called 911 to report that the man was walking around the front of his house, on the 4500 block of Southwest Wildwood Street, armed with a shotgun.

Police responded to the scene but the man had retreated into his home and would not respond. Hostage negotiators and a SWAT team were called to the scene.

After more than five hours, in which police used a megaphone and percussion grenades to try and convince the man to exit his home, he surrendered peacefully. He was physically evaluated by medics at the scene and then taken to Harborview for a mental evaluation.

Harborview can hold patients for up to 72 hours for mental assessment, although Jamieson could not verify whether this man is still there.

“It is possible that he may be booked later,” said Jamieson.