Several law enforcement agencies apprehended a gunman who had barricaded himself in a building on the 300 block of Cherry Street in Columbia on Friday.
The man, identified by Columbia Borough Police as Charles N. Harris, was wanted on a weapons violation warrant and is currently in custody, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, which is conducting an investigation into the incident.
Law enforcement agencies responded to the incident at about 11 a.m. Friday. The man was apprehended shortly after 1 p.m. Officers used a loudspeaker several times to urge the man to surrender before apprehending him.
During the incident, some residents on the 300 block of Cherry Street were evacuated from their homes, and officers prevented one resident from reentering his home for several hours after he stepped outside his front door. Park Elementary School was placed on lockdown, as was Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School on Cherry and Fourth Streets.
Snipers were stationed on nearby rooftops. Officers expanded the perimeter several times during the event, and a K9 unit was deployed. The suspect fired his gun but did not injure anyone, including the K9.
Agencies responding included Columbia Borough, Manheim Borough, West Hempfield Township, East Hempfield Township, Susquehanna Regional, Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania State Police, Lancaster County SERT, and the Lancaster County Sheriff's Department.
(More details will be posted as they become available.)
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