Toledo police have identified Donald McGranahan II as the man taken in custody after a standoff with police in West Toledo today.

Shortly after 1 p.m. a police SWAT team led him away from the house in the 1400 block of Gage Road where he’d been holding them at bay for about two hours. He was wearing body armor, police said.

Mr. McGranahan, 32, called police just after 11 a.m. and said he had just shot his girlfriend at the home and that he had her children tied up in the bathroom, police said. The caller also allegedly threatened to shoot police, they said.

Police negotiators went to the home, where they later learned the caller’s claims about hurting a woman and children were false. The woman he mentioned was safe and in another location and no children were at the house or harmed, Toledo Police Lt. Joe Heffernan said.

Toledo Police Chief George Kral said Mr. McGranahan surrendered after negotiators had him speak with his relatives.

After searching the home, police determined no one else was inside and though several loaded firearms were later found in the house, the man had not wielded one during the standoff. 

Lieutenant Heffernan said Mr. McGranahan told them he was a military veteran with difficulties caused by his service, though they could not confirm that to be true.

A woman at the scene who identified herself as the man’s grandmother said Mr. McGranahan had served two tours of duty in Iraq, been wounded in the back, and awarded a Purple Heart. The woman, Shirley Mowery, said her grandson suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, but was not capable of hurting anyone.

“He is not a crazed gunman,” she said.

She said she did not believe her grandson called police, but that the call was made by someone else as a prank. Her grandson was playing video games at home and caught unaware when police arrived, she said. Lieutenant Heffernan said that to his knowledge the police call was not a prank, though police will investigate that possibility.

She said both she and the man’s mother were on the scene with police. She said she prayed the situation would be resolved peacefully and she was thankful her prayers had been answered.

Police said Mr. McGranahan could face criminal charges such as inducing panic and obstructing official business, though the incident still was under investigation. 

First Published September 7, 2015, 3:17 p.m.