LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) — A man is in custody following a standoff with Kentucky State Police early Friday morning in Letcher County.

According to KSP, troopers were called around 4:12 a.m. May 15 to Buck Road in the Whitesburg area for a reported domestic violence assault.

Investigators said the people involved in the incident had gone to a nearby home. When troopers attempted to make contact there, a man allegedly barricaded himself inside with several other people and refused to come out.

During the standoff, one man and two women exited the home and told troopers that 36-year-old Dusty Shell of Emmalena remained inside with a firearm, along with another man.

State police secured the area and called in the agency’s Special Response Team. Authorities said negotiations were successful, and Shell surrendered without incident.

Shell was taken to the Letcher County Jail on charges including second-degree assault (domestic violence), second-degree terroristic threatening and a parole violation.

KSP also said 45-year-old Amy Griffith of Hindman was arrested at the scene on an unrelated out-of-state warrant.

The investigation is ongoing.