Great Bend Police officers used a drone to locate a man barricaded inside a residence at 217 Pine St. Wednesday morning and then created a distraction while they gained entry, Police Chief Steve Haulmark reports.

The incident began with a domestic disturbance reported around 10:45 a.m.

Officers were advised that the suspect, Robert C. Amador, 34, was damaging property inside the residence and making threats to harm others with a homemade hatchet, Haulmark stated in a news release. Upon officers’ arrival, they were able to get two other occupants of the home out safely.

Amador barricaded himself inside the residence and refused to come out. Officers tried talking him out of the residence for approximately an hour and 15 minutes and were unable to get him to cooperate. They then used the

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