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Sheriff alerts residents during armed barricade

One man armed with handgun was taken into custody this morning after he barricaded himself inside his apartment in North Stafford.

Stafford sheriff’s deputies were alerted to man said to be armed inside the Sunningdale Meadows Apartment complex on Staffordboro Boulevard at 8:45 a.m. 

Deputies went to the scene, and a reverse 911 message sent to area residents urged them to stay indoors, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

The man was taken into custody without incident about 11 a.m. No one was injured. 

No charges are pending in this case, said Kennedy, who described the case as a mental health situation.

The Sunningdale Meadows complex has a mixture of apartments and town homes, added Kennedy.