Police Cordon Mansion Street During Standoff (Updated)

Mentor Police and SWAT, as well as several other neighboring departments, have cordoned Mansion Street off Center Street.

Mentor Police Capt. Ken Gunsch said a man with a gun is hiding beneath a house on that block.

The incident began during an argument at the nearby Mentor Square Apartments.

A bystander who lives in the apartment complex, Orlando Figueroa, said two men were arguing and management called police to break it up. When officers arrived, one of the men involved in the argument ran away.

The man then hid beneath a porch on a Mansion Street home, said Gunsch.

Gunsch added that the man has no hostages and police are in negotiations with him to turn himself in.

Dawn Argie lives nearby the home where the man is hiding. Police evacuated her and her family from their home. Officers told her the man was threatening to "kill everyone."

Police have established a perimeter around the home and nobody has been hurt thus far during the incident.

Gunsch said he does not yet know why the man ran away.

This story has been updated.