CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police SWAT team detained a man following an hour-long standoff in west Charlotte on Friday morning.

Video captured by WBTV shows negotiators and police ordering people out of a home on North Linwood Avenue.

After about an hour, a SWAT team detained a man who emerged from the home.

Charlotte police have not said whether that person was charged with a crime or the purpose of the police presence.

Dale Porter, who has lived on the street all his life, said the home had recently become the site of heavy foot traffic.

“It’s good to see it getting cleaned up, as a property owner, it’s good to see the property getting cleaned up,” Porter said. “Not sure what the warrant was served for, but everything seemed to go down peacefully, nobody gettin

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