Woman, kids flee home as man engages in stand off with police

A woman and two children have fled a home and a man is in custody after a two-and-a-half hour stand-off with police in Sydney’s inner west.

A man is in custody after a two-and-a-half hour stand-off with police in a Croydon Park home.

Authorities were called to a home on Croydon Ave in Sydney’s inner west about 8am Sunday morning following reports of a domestic violence-related argument.

A man barricaded himself in a property at Croydon Park. Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer

The stand-off with police lasted more than two hours. Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer

NewsWire understands a woman and two children who live at the home had left the premises before police arrived.

Police created a perimeter while specialist police spoke to the man, who had barricaded himself in the home for two-and-a-half hours.

NSW Police confirmed the man was taken into custody about 10.25 Sunday morning.

No injuries have been reported.

Originally published as Woman, kids flee home as man engages in stand off with police