Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies diffused a situation involving a Ruskin man who had barricaded himself inside his home and threatened suicide with a firearm Thursday evening.

Officials reported via the agency's Twitter account that the man was taken into custody without incident.

 

 

As a precaution, deputies evacuated adjoining homes on Tanana Fall Drive.

No further information has been released.  

 

 

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