A 50-year-old man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon after a two-hour standoff involving Aberdeen police officers and multiple assisting agencies.

According to the Aberdeen Police Department, officers were dispatched around 12:56 p.m. to the 300 block of South “F” Street following a suspicious-person complaint. The caller reported that a man had pointed a flare gun at a window.

When officers located the man, he disregarded commands to stop and jumped into the Chehalis River. Officers attempted to persuade him to come ashore, but he continued through the water to the train trestle, where he climbed onto a pillar and later moved to a walkway platform beneath the trestle.

Shortly before 3 p.m., officers confirmed the man no longer had the flare gun after he discarded the contents of his backpack into the river. As officers moved onto the platform to continue efforts to safely take him into custody, the man climbed over a railing and jumped back into the water.

A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife boat, carrying a Fish and Wildlife officer, a Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s deputy and an Aberdeen officer, pulled the man from the river and took him into custody.

He was brought to the nearest dock, where Aberdeen Fire Department personnel medically evaluated him before he was transported to the Aberdeen Police Department jail.

The man, whose last listed address was in Olympia, faces misdemeanor charges including disorderly conduct, obstructing a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Additional charges may follow.

The Aberdeen Police Department thanked the Aberdeen Fire Department, Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Mobile Crisis Team for their assistance.