Cops detain barricaded man in Flatiron

Police detained a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment building with a gun in the Flatiron District Wednesday afternoon, after the man reportedly threatened workers on scaffolding outside his window, the NYPD said.

Police at the scene said the situation began around 2 p.m., when the NYPD responded to calls of a man brandishing the weapon inside his apartment near 22nd Street and Broadway.

The man, reportedly in his 70s, then barricaded himself inside. After about an hour and a half of negotiating, the unidentified man surrendered to cops around 3:30 p.m. without incident and was taken into custody, police said. Cops on the scene wouldn't confirm whether he had a gun, and said they were waiting on a search warrant.

It was unclear whether the man, who was not immediately identified, would be charged.