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Man arrested in Des Moines after shootout, 30-hour standoff

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 22 (UPI) -- An Iowa man was arrested in Des Moines after allegedly being involved in a shootout and standoff with police, officials said.

Michael Wayne Reed, 53, was taken into custody just after midnight on Monday following the incident, The Des Moines Register reported.

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Police said Reed fired several rounds at police officers who showed up at his house Saturday after receiving a report of a property dispute. Police returned fire.

No one was injured in the shootout; however, Reed refused to leave his house for 30 hours.

On Sunday, SWAT team members devised a plan to lure Reed out of the house using a negotiator, said Sgt. Jason Halifax, a Des Moines police spokesman.

The negotiator, who had been speaking with Reed via cellphone intermittently during the standoff, coaxed Reed onto his front porch where SWAT members shot him with a stun gun and arrested him, Halifax said.

Reed was booked into the Polk County Jail on weapons charges, officials said.

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