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Barricaded person in southeast Denver taken into custody

DENVER — Officers worked on a situation with a person barricaded inside a home on Sunday afternoon, the Denver Police Department said.

Police said the incident began as a welfare check at a home in the 400 block of South Ivy Street in the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood.

However, the situation escalated, with police saying there was a suicidal person barricaded inside the home.

The incident was isolated to one residence and the person was later taken into custody.