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Minnesota Man Charged In Gas Station Standoff
HASTINGS (AP) — A Burnsville man is charged with taking two employees of a gas station hostage last weekend.
The Dakota County Attorney's office says one of the hostages was 31-year-old Ariel Luis Barnett's former girlfriend, who works at the store. Barnett is charged with second-degree assault and kidnapping.
According to the criminal complaint, Barnett entered the Burnsville gas station on Saturday armed with a sawed-off shotgun. He fired the gun into the ceiling and ordered his former girlfriend and a male employee to call police because he was taking them hostage.
Police surrounded the gas station. After a short standoff, an officer talked to Barnett on the phone and persuaded him to surrender. Neither employee was hurt.
Bail for Barnett was set at $250,000 without conditions. He remained in jail Tuesday.
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