Police have placed a man in custody who they say barricaded himself in a Dover home with a knife. Officials responded to the home on Claybrook Road at around 11 a.m. after receiving a report of an “unwanted person,” according to a Dover Police Department Facebook post.

A large police scene was underway at a Dover roadway on Friday afternoon. Officers were dispatched at approximately 11am to Claybrook Road to an “unwanted person” call. We have an active police scene on Claybrook Drive with multiple mutual aid resources. The scene is contained and the area is shut down.

Video from a neighbor shows someone being helped down a ladder in an apparent rescue during what officers described as an "active police scene" in a Massachusetts neighborhood. The Dover Police Department posted on social media at 12:42 p.m. that it was responding to Claybrook Drive along with aid from other departments.

A man was arrested after a police standoff at a home in Dover, authorities said.A SWAT team responded to Claybrook Road,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

DOVER, Mass. — A large police scene shut down a Dover roadway on Friday afternoon. Authorities say the focus of the investigation is on Claybrook Drive and multiple mutual aid resources have responded. The scene is contained, according to police, and the area is currently shutdown.

A road in Dover was shut down for hours Friday after police say an armed man barricaded himself inside a house.

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A police standoff is underway in Dover, Massachusetts, after an armed man allegedly barricaded himself inside a home Friday morning. Dover police said they were first called to Claybrook Road around 11 a.