Police respond to St. Johnbury armed standoff

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – Police are on the scene of an apparent armed standoff in St. Johnsbury late Friday afternoon.

Town officials say it happened on Portland Street.

Sources tell WCAX that a St. Johnsbury police officer was shot and is being airlifted to a local hospital. They say a man is barricaded inside of a building.

There were no immediate details from the police.