A Cohasset man is in custody after attempting to break into the town police department headquarters using a chainsaw before barricading himself at his home with two small children, authorities said.

Cohasset Police said officers rushed to the front of the department headquarters Sunday afternoon as a man, later identified as 35-year-old Brien Buckley, was chopping at the security door with a chainsaw. He drove home as police arrived, shuttered himself inside, and dangled a pair of young children from a second-story window, the police department said kickstarting an hours-long standoff with hostage negotiators.

At about 2:30 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2022, Cohasset Police Officers received a frantic call from the civilian desk…Posted by Cohasset Police Department, Cohasset MA on Sunday, December 18, 2022