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Barricaded man in custody after standoff spanning more than three hours near Manchester mall

After a standoff that stretched more than three hours, Manchester police said they arrested a wanted New Hampshire man who was holed up with a woman in a hotel near the mall overnight.

Jordan Pappalardo, 26, of Manchester, N.H., said he had a gun and would use it on officers, police said. He refused to come out of the Courtyard by Marriott near the Shoppes at Buckland Hills.

Police in New Hampshire had a warrant for his arrest on charges serious enough to extradite him from Connecticut. Police didn’t say what they were. But when they contacted him at the hotel at 225 Slater St.