Reluctant Marine Surrenders Following Standoff

A standoff with a U.S. Marine in a cul-de-sac ended peacefully Wednesday.

Authorities said they were called just after 5 a.m. on a report of an armed man who barricaded himself in a cul-de-sac in the 3500 block of Granby Court.

The 18-year-old Marine was taken into custody just after 12 p.m.

Police said Joshua Christianson was supposed to return Wednesday to California's Camp Pendleton, but instead spent the morning in a cul-de-sac with a rifle, threatening to kill himself.

Authorities said he never indicated he'd hurt anyone else, but two SWAT teams stood by just in case.

Christianson graduated from Loveland High School in 2005. He joined the Marines at age 17, and was expected to deploy to Iraq in September. He reportedly said this morning he didn't want to go to Iraq.