Lansing police engage in standoff

LANSING - Lansing police spent 2 1/2 hours trying to convince people to come out of a Lansing home early this morning during what they believed was a hostage situation, police said.
However, once the woman came out and talked to police, they discovered no one had been taken hostage, Sgt. Eric Painter said.
Neighbors called police at about 1 a.m. today because they thought they heard a male and a female fighting at a home on the 800 block of Louisa Street, and one person reported hearing gun shots, he said.
When police arrived and knocked on the door, a 23-year-old male would not let police enter, which indicated a possible hostage situation, Painter said.
When the 17-year-old woman emerged 2 1/2 hours later, police discovered there was no hostage and there had been no assault, he said. The man had refused to let police enter because he and another man inside the residence were wanted on misdemeanor warrants, Painter said.
Police arrested the two men because of those warrants, but no arrests were made in connection with this morning's incident, he said. Painter said he did not know details about the warrants. http://bit.ly/c6fU2U