A standoff between a Windsor man and police that began Friday night at his home ended early Saturday when he surrendered after shooting himself in the face, Maine State Police said.

Wayne Bland, 36, was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta following the five-hour standoff at his home on Barton Road, off Route 105, police said. His condition was unavailable Saturday night.

Bland fired more than a half-dozen shots after Kennebec County sheriff’s deputies and state police troopers were called to the scene about 9 p.m. Friday. No shots were fired by police, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Bland’s family called police to report that he was suicidal and had taken pills, said McCausland.

A state police tactical team and negotiators talked by telephone with Bland, who was inside the house with an elderly male relative. Bland shot himself in the face and emerged from the house just after 2 a.m. Saturday. He was taken into custody.

Bland was taken to MaineGeneral’s emergency room but wasn’t admitted there, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

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