Armed hostage situation near St. Charles, Missouri, city hall ends, suspect captured

Police arrested the gunman who seized a hostage near city hall in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, according to news reports.

Dan Borgmeyer, mayor of St. Charles, Missouri, said the ordeal stemmed from a court case at the nearby St. Charles Courthouse, according to KMOX.

Authorities haven’t identified the suspect or the hostage.

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But Borgmeyer said the gunman grabbed the hostage after she walked from the courthouse to a nearby parking garage, which is right across the street from St. Charles City Hall.

There was screaming and shouting — just before gunfire broke out, the station said.

A courthouse bailiff and city police responded, and the mayor said hostage negotiators and a mental health expert had been called to start talking with the suspect, according to First Alert 4.

Meanwhile, cops surrounded the parking garage’s first floor.

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No one was hit by the earlier gunfire, a government source told First Alert.

Borgmeyer said the hostage situation is now under control, and that there’s no threat to the public.

The St. Charles City police didn’t respond to a request for comment from the network, First Alert said.