Imagine my surprise...

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

...When I turned on the news at 1730 last night and saw my daughter's townhouse surrounded by SWAT team members. The problem was in the next townhouse over. My ex, daughter and son were home at the time, and SWAT used their foyer for coordination and communication. Holy crap. I'm sure glad it didn't turn ugly.

I admit to having a cold shot of adrenaline to the heart when I recognized the house, until I got them on the phone.

Toronto family held at knifepoint
By JONATHAN JENKINS, TORONTO SUN

Three generations of a Scarborough family were held at knifepoint yesterday for almost an hour before police persuaded their attacker to surrender.

"The estranged husband came over and he's not allowed to be here," Toronto police Det. Martin Woodhouse alleged.

"He threatened her, her mother and her 2 1/2-year-old daughter with a knife -- actually two knives."

Members of the Emergency Task Force coaxed the suspect out of the townhouse near Military Trail and Neilson Rd. around 2:30 p.m.

LOCKED HIMSELF IN

"He wasn't barricaded. He just locked the door and wouldn't let anybody else in," Woodhouse said.

"We just talked him out and he came out."

Relatives of the family involved declined to comment after the suspect was driven off in the back of a police cruiser.

The victims were also taken to 42 Division to give statements but were not injured, Woodhouse said.

Police were called to the home around 1:30 p.m.

It's not known what charges would be laid, but Woodhouse alleged the man had breached a restraining order by showing up at the home.

No names were released.