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/// This June 25, 2018 booking photo of Matthew Mathern, 30, of Redfield, South Dakota, was provided by the Brown County (S.D.) Jail. A hostage standoff at a hospital in a small city in northeastern South Dakota ended peacefully Monday with a 10-year-old boy released and Matthew Mathern, the armed man who was holding him in custody, authorities said. The man with a weapon entered the Community Memorial Hospital Avera in Redfield with the 10-year-old child about 8:30 a.m., according to Spink County Attorney Victor Fischbach and Avera. The child was held hostage, later released and was not injured, officials said.  (Brown County (S.D.) Jail via AP)

/// This June 25, 2018 booking photo of Matthew Mathern, 30, of Redfield, South Dakota, was provided by the Brown County (S.D.) Jail. A hostage standoff at a hospital in a small city in northeastern South Dakota ended peacefully Monday with a 10-year-old boy released and Matthew Mathern, the armed man who was holding him in custody, authorities said. The man with a weapon entered the Community Memorial Hospital Avera in Redfield with the 10-year-old child about 8:30 a.m., according to Spink County Attorney Victor Fischbach and Avera. The child was held hostage, later released and was not injured, officials said. (Brown County (S.D.) Jail via AP)

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