Police: Reported Hostage Situation was Exaggerated

Malden police responded to a possible hostage situation on Wyeth Street Monday night, though the report was later determined to be unfounded.

Captain John Amirault described the incident as a serious domestic assault, but not a stand-off. 

"Sometimes callers exaggerate what is going on to get a quicker police response," he wrote via email. 

Officers canceled a SWAT team request around 6:45 p.m. after making contact with all parties on the scene.

Investigators said they later found a gun in the apartment. 

Three were arrested: one for alleged disorderly conduct, another for alleged domestic assault and battery and a third for alleged illegal possession of a firearm.

Their names have not yet been released by the department

The home was the same location police arrested a man allegedly involved in last year's Sun Kong shooting.

The suspect reportedly did not live there.