Suspect in custody after Glendale police had evacuated apartment building he was barricaded in

Glendale police ordered the evacuation of an apartment building Thursday morning as a barricaded assault suspect threatened to burn the building down.

Police got a call around 1 a.m. of an assault in the 1900 block of Vassar Street. A man assaulted another person with a baseball bat, and then the suspect ran into an apartment nearby, where he remains holed up, with a knife. 

SWAT teams responded and ordered evacuations of the apartment building as the suspect threatened to burn it down. 

A negotiating team worked with the suspect to surrender. According to Glendale police, the suspect was safely taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. and residents were allowed back into the building.

The victim is being treated for their injuries.