A man is facing charges after he barricaded himself inside a Springfield apartment following a domestic incident Wednesday night, leading to a six-hour standoff with police, according to police.

Springfield resident Victor Velasquez, 62, has been charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, arson, witness intimidation and armed breaking and entering at nighttime to commit a felony, Springfield police said in a press release .

Officers responded to an apartment on Byers Street around 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday for a report of a domestic disturbance involving an attempted arson, police said. When they arrived, Velasquez — who was identified as the suspect — had left the apartment, but he returned later armed with a knife and barricaded himself inside the apartment.

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