10-year-old fires shotgun at officers in two-hour SWAT standoff, California police say

A 10-year-old California boy prompted a SWAT standoff on Thursday after opening fire on police, several media outlets report.

The boy hid in a shed behind his home in San Diego, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. He fired rounds from a shotgun before turning himself in, according to the outlet. The standoff lasted about two hours.

Lt. Shawn Takeuchi told the Union-Tribune that the boy’s parents called police at about 9:10 a.m. because the boy was having “an emotional and mental crisis.”

“We have a juvenile who barricaded himself in a shed,” Officer Billy Hernandez told FOX 5. “He has a knife and a shotgun.”

Officials called for the boy to come out of the shed after blocking off the road, FOX 5 reported. Eventually the SWAT team was called, according to the news outlet.

The boy refused to come out, Officer Scott Lockwood told CBS 8.

He eventually surrendered to officers shortly after 11 a.m., according to CBS8. No one was injured in the standoff, according to the outlet.