Man accused of attempted murder in grilled cheese row

Man fired gun inside his house after a family member took a bite from his sandwich

US police responded after a  man barricaded himself in his house after a family member took a bite out of his sandwich. File photograph: Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images
US police responded after a man barricaded himself in his house after a family member took a bite out of his sandwich. File photograph: Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images

A stolen bite out of his grilled cheese sandwich led a man in Maryland, the US, to fire a shot inside his house and barricade himself in it for hours.

US police spokesman Shawn Vinson said the dispute began at a house in Dundalk.

He said the man was eating with his wife and daughter, and became angry when one of them took a bite from his sandwich, prompting him to fire a shot inside the house.

The wife and daughter fled the house, but the man barricaded himself inside.

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He eventually surrendered peacefully. No-one was injured in the incident.

Police said that the man, 55-year-old Daniel Blackwell, has been charged with attempted murder and other offences.

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