A man suspected of taking hostages in a post office in the US state of Virginia has been arrested after a stand-off lasting several hours, police say. Authorities in Wytheville persuaded Warren Taylor to give himself up and release three people he was holding.
Mr Taylor was reported to have entered the post office pushing a wheelchair and claiming to be carrying explosives.
He initially fired shots from the building but no-one was reported to have been injured.
"We're just grateful it ended peacefully," the Associated Press news agency quoted Police Sgt Michael Conroy as saying.
"This is just the best outcome we could hope for." Earlier reports said the suspect was holding five people but some of those were later accounted for.
A witness told CNN that he and two other employees had escaped as the situation was unfolding.
Sgt Conroy of the Virginia State Police said Mr Taylor entered the post office at about 1430 local time (1930 GMT).
Police negotiated with him by telephone but he made no demands other than a request for a pizza, said Pete Rendina, spokesman for the US Postal Inspection Service.
Mr Taylor is reported to have told police he had a military background.
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