A siege in Sydney's southwest is over with a man led away in handcuffs. Source: AAP
A MAN will face court charged with holding his ex-partner's elderly mother in a southwestern Sydney home during a six-hour siege.
Police charged the 56-year-old man with detaining for advantage, assault and possessing an unregistered firearm after the siege in Raby on Monday.
They say they were called to the home in Avro Place shortly before 7.30am (AEDT) by a woman who said she'd been threatened by a man armed with a gun.
The woman had managed to escape, but her 74-year-old mother remained inside with the armed man.
Police will allege he held the elderly woman against her will in the home in Avro Place until about 1pm (AEDT), when he allowed her to leave.
Inspector Greg Inger said the woman was shaken but unhurt.
"She was obviously upset about what had happened, but she was fine," he told reporters at the scene.
The gunman surrendered about 15 minutes later.
Up to 40 police, including negotiators and officers from the highway patrol and the Tactical Operations Unit, worked to resolve the stand-off.
Neighbours described their shock and fear after seeing snipers take up positions near the house in a leafy cul de sac.
One resident said she had woken to a loud bang shortly after 7am followed by a woman screeching and dogs barking.
"Obviously I thought the worst," the woman, who identified herself only as Lina, told reporters.
"You don't expect it, this is a really calm area. You don't expect it to happen in your own backyard, so it is pretty scary, pretty unreal."
Police also allegedly found a 12-gauge single-barrel shotgun and a box of shotgun ammunition in the house and a speargun in the man's car.
He will remain behind bars until he appears at Campbelltown Local Court on Tuesday.
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