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Man Arrested After Barricading Himself Inside Home

DENVER (CBS4) - A man barricaded himself inside a Denver home on Thursday morning and was arrested after a standoff with police that lasted more than 4 hours.

A family disturbance brought police to the home of Gehrig Kilvurn, 23, in the middle of the night. Kilvum holed himself in the home, located on the 1800 block of Cherry Street in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood, and others in the home were able to get out safely. A shot was fired at one point.

Kilvum was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. He faces a charge of illegal discharge of a weapon and was being evaluated by mental health experts.

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