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Bloomington police in standoff with suspect

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) -- Police in Bloomington have evacuated homes in an area where officers are involved in a standoff with a man at a condemned house.

Assistant Police Chief Rick Hart says the suspect was threatening authorities. Police have not ruled out the possibility that others are in the house. Hart tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press that the man pointed a laser light at a responding officer, but they don't know if it's a weapon.

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