DOWNTOWN BOISE, Idaho — Boise Police have taken a male suspect into custody following a roughly 5-hour standoff on the 500 block of Americana Blvd. Officers responded to the incident at 9:30 a.m. this morning after receiving reports of a battery at the location.

Idaho News 6 staff were on the scene and captured moments from the incident.

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According to a Boise Police Department press release , the suspect had barricaded himself into a travel trailer parked in a nearby alley and refused to exit.

"Responding officers made multiple attempts to talk to the suspect and safely take him into custody," said BPD.

Officers then secured the scene and closed the I-184 exit to River Street, an alleyway near

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