A standoff with police ended peacefully early Friday morning after a man had locked himself in east-end motel, claiming he had a gun.

A release from the Kingston Police said the man gave himself up at 1:30 a.m., having barricaded himself for close to 11 hours. His name or the reason why he decided to barricade himself were not given.

Hwy. 2 was reopened to traffic.

Police cordoned off an east-end motel Thursday around 2:30 p.m., after a man called The Whig-Standard claiming to have barricaded himself in a local hotel with a gun.

A man identifying himself as Bronco called The Whig-Standard office said that his sister had died earlier this week and that he "was being set up".

He then said he was at the Siesta Motel.

"I’m barricading myself and I’ve got a gun," he said.

The Whig-Standard called the Kingston Police and they responded to the scene.

“We received information at approximately 2:30 p.m. this afternoon in regards to the fact that there’s a male barricaded at the Siesta Motel,” said Kingston Police Const. Steve Koopman at the corner of Hwy. 2 and Hwy. 15. late Thursday afternoon.

Police blocked off a wide safety zone around the motel, setting up barricades at Glenview Avenue east of the motel and Niagara Park Drive to the west.

Eastbound traffic was re-routed up Hwy. 15 and westbound traffic up Abbey Dawn Road.

With schools wrapping up for the day, the standoff created a traffic headache for many with school buses and other traffic having to be rerouted from the east end’s busiest thoroughfare.

“We’re doing that for public safety reasons, to contain the scene and make sure that everyone is safe including the individual we’re talking to,” Koopman explained.

At the time, he wouldn’t divulge the number of officers on the scene or if police have deployed their emergency response team, for safety reason.

“Because we want to make sure that information isn’t being accidentally passed on to the individual,” Koopman said.

Due to the internet and social media there have been cases in the United States, Koopman said, where the barricaded individual can get information police resources and where they may be located during the standoff.

“So we have to be careful of that,” he said.

Getting the man out of the hotel was not a simple matter.

“To our understanding have one lone male barricaded at the Siesta Motel. Obviously that person has some issues and we’re trying to touch base and be in contact with that person and trying to hopefully have a happy resolution for everybody and one that is safe.”

Police evacuated other guests at the hotel and advised neighbours in the area to either stay in their homes or evacuate with the help of police.

“We’re trying to obviously isolate and contain this individual so that there are no extra factors we have to consider.”