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A family from Clayton told WRAL News they were staying at the Caesars Palace resort on the Las Vegas Strip during a hostage situation.

An hours-long standoff at Caesars Palace reached a dramatic point when a room window shattered and furniture and other objects were flung from the 21st floor.

LAS VEGAS — A man was arrested and a woman described as his hostage was released unharmed Tuesday after an hourslong standoff in a room at the Caesars Palace resort

An hours-long standoff at Caesars Palace reached a dramatic point when a room window shattered and furniture and other objects were flung from the 21st floor.

A man has barricaded himself inside of a hotel room at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas strip and is allegedly holding a woman at gunpoint and throwing furniture out of the window, prompting a SWAT team response, according to police.

A man barricaded himself inside a Caesars Palace hotel room and told police he is armed. Video showed someone throwing furniture out a broken window at the hotel.

A man barricaded himself inside a Caesars Palace hotel room and told police he was armed. Video showed someone throwing furniture out a broken window at the hotel.

SWAT officers and crisis negotiators were sent to Caesars Palace after a man barricaded himself in a room, taking a woman hostage and apparently throwing a nightstand out of a window.

No injuries were reported and police did not immediately say if the man in custody had been armed.

Guests heard and saw a 21st floor window shatter and furniture and other items fly out and land in the pool area below.