Deputies and SWAT officers responded Friday to a man armed with a knife barricaded inside an Oakland Park apartment, officials said.
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The incident began at around 6 p.m. with a report of an armed man in the 800 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
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When deputies responded alongside paramedics, the man retreated inside an apartment and barricaded himself.
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The surrounding apartments were evacuated as a precaution.
BSO’s K-9 and SWAT and Violent Crimes unit responded to the scene.
Further information was not available.