article_snippet: Police SWAT team members converged on a Philadelphia-area firehouse after a report of hostages on Tuesday ended with the arrest of a former volunteer firefighter.
article_snippet: The suspect, about 30 years old, threatened the men as he entered the fire company and sounded 'very upset' as he talked to a hostage negotiator.
article_snippet: Swarmed: A reportedly disgruntled firefighter was taken from a firehouse outside Philadelphia on Tuesday after reports of an armed man and hostage situation had police SWAT members swarming the building in Cheltenham Township before noon Tuesday .
article_snippet: Footage showed the suspect coming out of the fire house with the suspect arms up as police aimed guns at the suspect, forced the suspect to the ground and frisked the suspect before cuffing the suspect and hauling the suspect off in a van.
article_snippet: the suspect immediately released one of the hostages before holding three firefighters hostage for about an hour before police were able to diffuse the tense situation.
article_snippet: Footage showed the suspect coming out of the fire house with the suspect arms up as police aimed guns at the suspect, forced the suspect to the ground and frisked the suspect before cuffing the suspect and hauling the suspect off in a van .
article_snippet: Some fifteen minutes later, after apparently talking the firefighter down, police emerged from the firehouse along with the suspect. '
article_snippet: the firehouse was being processed as a crime scene.
article_snippet: The suspect and hostages were taken to a police station for questioning, Norris said.
article_snippet: Authorities remained in the firehouse for about 15 minutes before emerging with the suspect .
highlights_snippet: The former volunteer firefighter allegedly took hostages before 11am Tuesday after firing into a wall at LaMott Fire Co. in Cheltenham Township .
  
highlights_snippet: The suspect, who was believed to be around 30 years old, held three fellow firefighters in the firehouse for about an hour .
  