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Man who prompted standoff at Plymouth home taken to hospital for evaluation

Plymouth Police responded to a report of a barricaded person inside a home on Lombard Street Friday evening.

Around 3 p.m., police say they got a call from a mental health facility stating a man who lived at the Lombard Street home had threatened suicide by handgun or rifle. Police say there were no weapons in the house at that time.

In a news conference Friday night, police say they are searching for the man who they identified as John Lynch. Just after 10:30 p.m., Plymouth Police announced they located Lynch and he has been taken to Beth Israel Deaconess for evaluation.

Police say Lynch has not made any threats to anyone but himself.