Man In Custody After Langhorne Hotel Standoff: Police

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — A Levittown man was in custody Tuesday after police say he holed up in a Langhorne hotel with a rifle and threatened to shoot anyone who approached.

Falls Township Police say they got a 911 call at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday from a therapist who said a man under care was in a room at the Red Roof Inn, at 3100 Cabot Blvd. off of Oxford Valley Road, and threatening suicide.

The man, who was identified as a 23-year-old from Levittown, was on the phone with the therapist and said he was armed and would shoot at anyone who approached, police spokesman Lt. Nelson Whitney said.

Falls Township Police sealed off the area and called in the Bucks County South Central Emergency Response Team. Crisis negotiators worked with the man and the therapist and were able to coax the man out after about three hours.

Inside the hotel room, he had a .22-caliber rifle.

During the standoff, Oxford Valley Road and other roadways in the area were shut down Tuesday afternoon. They were reopened around 2:30 p.m.

If you are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, you may call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK) or Bucks County Family Service at 215-355-6000.