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SWAT Team Called to Hostage Situation in Schuylkill County

RINGTOWN — A hostage situation ended late Thursday afternoon in a neighborhood in Ringtown. Officials tell us a man was visiting his parents’ home o...
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RINGTOWN — A hostage situation ended late Thursday afternoon in a neighborhood in Ringtown.

Officials tell us a man was visiting his parents’ home on Spring Street when he barricaded himself inside with his 2-year-old daughter around 4 p.m.

Police tell us the man threatened suicide and the coroner was called to the scene as a precaution.

The man has since released his daughter from the home she is expected to be OK.

There is no word if the man will face charges after the incident.

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