The armed man that in a downtown Manhattan apartment on Thursday has been identified as a violent sex offender.A standoff between Kent Edwards, 43, and police started before 12pm and lasted at least two hours. It began when Edwards locked himself in the second-floor apartment bathroom at 206 Eldridge St.When officers knocked on the door to enter with a search warrant, two women answered and informed the Manhattan Violent Felony Squad that Edwards had a gun.
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