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IDAHO SPRINGS, Colorado ( KCNC ) -- A suspect who fit the description of a masked man with a gun, who prompted a lockdown in a Colorado mountain community, was taken into custody on Friday morning. The man was seen walking around downtown Idaho Springs before CBS Colorado news crews called the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office.

That man, later identified as Richard Applequist, was taken into custody after investigators said he fit the description of the masked man seen on video security cameras in the area. Applequist was detained by deputies near the visitor's center in Idaho Springs and taken to the hospital for evaluation.

"While media was on scene, the suspect came down Highway 103 and walked right past news cameras as they were recording the

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