TRAVERSE CITY Police gathered around an east Eighth Street building Monday afternoon as an armed man barricaded himself inside.<\/p>\n
Traverse City Police Department Capt. Jim Bussell, who at 4:30 p.m. was on scene of the stand-off, said a 911 call came to dispatchers about 20 minutes earlier.<\/p>\n
The call reported a \"guy with a gun,\" Bussell said, and officers rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n
\"There's nobody hurt or anything as of now, that's all I really know at this point,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Police believe the man is by himself.<\/p>\n
Bussell requests people avoid the 800 block of east Eighth Street near Barlow Street until the situation is resolved.<\/p>\n
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