Report of woman with gun prompts evacuation, short standoff in Middletown

Other residents of the apartment building were evacuated and officers began talking to the woman with a loud speaker. The woman came out with her hands up about 45 minutes later and was taken to Atrium Medical Center for treatment.

A spent shell casing was found in the apartment on the couch, and there were reports the woman had fired a gun in the residence, according to the police report. A handgun was found in the springs of a mattress in a bedroom.