An hours-long, armed standoff in Cody ended peacefully on Wednesday afternoon with police taking the suspect into custody.

The Cody resident, who was wanted on a warrant, gave himself up to authorities around 1:30 p.m.

“That’s the best case resolution that we were looking for,” Cody Police Lt. Juston Wead said.

The incident stretched out over roughly four-and-a-half hours.

Wead said it began around 9 a.m., when agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation attempted to arrest the man at his home and he fled.

Cody police found the man and his vehicle a short distance away, in the 2600 block of E Avenue, and a standoff ensued.

The man threatened to die by suicide and brandished a firearm, Wead said, “and so the officers kind of retreated.”

Around 9:45 a.m., Cody police took to Facebook to ask those in the area to “shelter in place.”

Wead described that announcement as a precautionary measure, saying police didn’t believe there was any immediate threat to the general area.

At one point in the standoff, the man got out of his vehicle and, based on his actions and the unknown whereabouts of the firearm, officers fired so-called “less lethal” rounds at him, Wead said. That prompted the suspect to retreat back into his vehicle.

Officers continued to try negotiating with the man, with personnel from the Park County Sheriff’s Office, Wyoming Highway Patrol and DCI all assisting Cody police.

Wead said early Wednesday afternoon that they were being patient.

“We’ve just kind of been deploying resources and making sure the general area is safe, and just trying to engage with him in some communications in order for him to disarm himself and get a safe resolution to the situation,” he said.

Not long after that, the “negotiations worked,” Wead said, and the man voluntarily got out of his vehicle and surrendered himself.