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Bucks County man shot after hour-long standoff with police

There is no word yet on the man's condition or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Yellow tape at a crime scene.
Yellow tape at a crime scene.Read moreChris Palmer / Staff

An investigation is under way after police shot a man to end a standoff at a townhouse complex in Doylestown Township.

The 60-year-old, who has not been identified by police, was taken to a hospital after the shooting, according to investigators. He remained in serious but stable condition Friday.

Township police officers were called to a townhouse on Carriage Drive in the Olde Colonial Greene development at 8:12 Thursday night. They were responding to “a report of a man who was armed, upset, and damaging property at the location,” officials from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Officers tried to negotiate with the man, who had barricaded himself inside. During the nearly hour-long standoff, he was shot by a police officer, according to investigators. The officer’s name was not released Friday.

No one else was injured in the incident, which remains under investigation by county detectives.

Authorities issued a shelter-in-place advisory about 9 p.m. for residents in the area of Shady Retreat and Limekiln Roads. It was lifted later that evening, though investigators remained at the scene overnight.