A standoff at an apartment in western North Little Rock on Friday prompted police to evacuate houses and apartments and block off nearby streets.

Around 2:55 p.m., police responded to the 1800 block of West 44th Street, where a person was barricaded in an apartment, police said in a social media post. Police closed off Lynn Lane from Parkway Drive to MacArthur Drive and West 44th Street from Augusta Street to Lynn Lane, the post says.

Around 6:35 p.m., the standoff ended with the barricaded person in custody, North Little Rock police Lt. Amy Cooper said. The person, whom police had not identified as of Friday night, was taken to a local hospital for treatment, Cooper said.

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