“An Okemos man was arrested after a standoff with police Saturday. The Meridian Township Police Department said it started with a crash at the corner of Central Park Drive and Marsh Road around noon. The 32-year-old man ran from the crash with a rifle. He climbed to the roof of the Chili’s in the Meridian Mall parking lot. Members of the Ingham Regional Special Response Team surrounded the suspect and talked to him for about an hour. The suspect did climb down from the roof and walked across the parking lot. At some point, the man shot his gun, but officers didn’t shoot back. After the man refused to listen to police demands to drop his gun, officers shot sponges at the suspect to take him into custody. The suspect was taken to the hospital to be checked out physically and mentally. No one else was hurt” – WILX.