By THE POST NEWS NETWORK
MCPHERSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect after an overnight standoff in McPherson County.
Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, sheriff's deputies responded on an ongoing domestic situation in the 1000 block of Sixth Avenue in rural McPherson County, according to Sheriff Jerry Montagne.
The suspect identified as 39-year-old Justin St. John was armed with a rifle and had made threats of violence. Just after 2 a.m., the McPherson County Special Response Team was asked to help resolve the situation. Negotiators reached St. John by phone and communicated with him for approximately 30 minutes.
At 4:30 a.m., members of the Special Response Team took St. John into custody and booked him on requested charges of aggravated assault and criminal threat, according to Montagne. Authorities will forward a report to the county attorney. St. John was no longer in custody Sunday afternoon, according to online jail records.