UPDATE: 5:15 p.m.

A police crisis negotiating team was key to negotiating the peaceful surrender of a 32-year-old Kailua man, armed with a sword, at about 1:30 p.m. after being holed up alone inside his home for about four and a half hours.

The incident began at just before 9 a.m. when police were called to 411 Kihapai St. for an argument between a man and a female family member in her 50s, and that he was damaging property, police said.

Neighbors said the woman was the man’s mother, but police declined to confirm their relationship. She managed to leave the home, so he was not holding anyone hostage.

Maj. Bert Soria, of the District 4 command, said at a news conference at the Kaneohe police station this afternoon, that the man initially came outside and approached police with a sword within a sheath, and refused to put it down.

He held the sheathed sword “in an offensive manner” and took “an aggressive stance,” Soria said.

He then retreated into the house.

Soria said, “We felt we needed a crisis negotiating team, and the safest way to bring it to a resolution” was to call in the Specialized Services Division.

The man faces first-degree terroristic threatening and property crime charges.

Along with patrol, Crime Reduction Unit officers and detectives, at least two SSD units arrived, said Capt. Hunter Ah Loo, including several officers in tactical gear, armed with rifles, with their canine partners and large SSD vehicles.

They shut down a portion of Kihapai and Auwai streets.

A fire engine, a large Emergency Medical Services vehicle and an ambulance, along with EMS personnel wearing bulletproof vests, were also on scene.

Residents were unaware of what was happening, and some could not get to their homes or leave.

Ah Loo said the man did not have any guns, as far as he was aware of, but the investigation was ongoing at the time of the press conference.

Soria said the man is known to police, but did not have details on his conviction record.

1:40 p.m.

A suspect is in custody following a barricade situation in Kailua.

Police reopened the area at about 1:40 p.m., but offered no details about the incident.

HPD said it will provide more information at a press conference later today.

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Police have closed a section of Kihapai Street in Kailua as their Specialized Services Division responds to a barricade situation.

Kihapai Street is closed between Auwai Street and Kahoa Drive as police respond to the scene, according to a bulletin sent by police shortly before 11 a.m. Police said a man is inside the home but it is not a hostage situation.

Emergency Medical Services and HFD personnel are also at the scene.

Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.