FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Deputies in the North Valley arrested an armed suspect who charged at them with a knife after an hours-long standoff.
Madera County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a commercial burglary off Avenue 12 on Saturday.
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When they arrived on scene, they found 36-year-old John Holliday of Fresno holding a knife, standing on the roof and refusing to come down.
After three hours of negotiating with him, Holliday finally came down but then ran at deputies while holding the knife.
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Deputies used less than lethal rounds to take Holliday down and arrest him.
Holliday is going to survive his injuries and has been booked into the Madera County Jail