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Standoff at Mission apartment complex ended without injuries Sunday

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Posted at 3:24 PM, Feb 19, 2023
and last updated 2023-02-20 06:27:59-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man went to jail after he and a woman refused police orders Sunday morning to come out of a Mission, Kansas, apartment.

Mission police officers were sent about 10 a.m. to an apartment in The Falls, 6565 Foxridge Dr., on a report of a disturbance, according to Mission police.

A man and woman inside the apartment refused to come out.

Officers believed the man had a handgun.

The standoff lasted over two hours before both people came out of the apartment, police said.

Officers arrested the man and he was taken to the Johnson County Adult Detention Center

The woman was not injured.

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