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Update: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say

7 p.m. UPDATE: A welfare check turned police standoff ended peacefully in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday, April 28, authorities said.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Allentown West on Tilghman Street

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Allentown West on Tilghman Street

Photo Credit: Google Maps (Street View)

Upper Macungie police and the Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team were called to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Allentown West on Tilghman Street in Allentown on a report of a man in "mental distress," around 10:40 a.m., they said.

The unidentified man who had been barricaded in a room eventually exited peacefully, according to police.

No further information was provided.

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