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Man arrested after Poway standoff

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POWAY, Calif. (KGTV) -- An entire Poway neighborhood was surrounded by Sheriff's Deputies Wednesday night, while an armed man holed up inside his home.

Deputies responded to reports of an argument near Utopia Road around 8:30 p..m. They were told that a man and woman were fighting outside before the man entered the home and fire shots. 

No one was hit, but deputies said the man made suicidal threats during the standoff. 

The man gave himself up and the standoff came to a peaceful end around 9:05 p.m.