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Man's Facebook post prompts brief SWAT standoff in Beaver Co.

MONACA, Pa. — Police tell Channel 11 News that a SWAT situation that was happening in Beaver County has just ended.

Channel 11's Amy Marcinkiewicz reports the SWAT team was called to a home on Mulberry Street in Center Township after police say a man posted on Facebook that he may harm himself or others.

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Police say the man was inside the house alone. Authorities shut down the street and tried to talk him out.

The standoff ended just before 3 p.m. with police taking one man out of the home. He is now being questioned at the Center Township Police Department.

Police sources tell Channel 11 News that the man worked at Lowe's, and that's why they sent an officer to the store as a safety precaution.

At no time was the store shut down.

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