LOWELL — Two Lowell men were arrested this weekend for their involvement in a Lowell stand-off, one for shooting in a public place and one for using a weapon while intoxicated.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team responded to a residence with a distraught individual Sunday evening, according to Chief Deputy Mark Warden.

Warden identified the man as Tom Shanks of Lowell. He did not provide an age for Shanks.

Warden got notification of the incident around 6 p.m. Sunday, he said, and officers made contact with Shanks but he retreated into the second-floor residential part of a detached garage.

“He basically barricaded himself in there,” Warden said.

The Sheriff’s Office made a perimeter around the scene and made attempts to contact Shanks through negotiators, but that failed, according to Warden, so the Sheriff’s Office launched drones.

“He actually fired weapons at the drones,” Warden said.

He said Shanks also fired weapons inside the residential area of the detached garage.

During the incident a man showed up at the perimeter, who Warden identified as Tony Wittekind, of Lowell, and offered his assistance to officers.

“He was intoxicated and armed,” Warden said.

He said Wittekind was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail.

Washington County Jail records show Whittekind is 62 and that he was charged with using weapons while intoxicated, which according to Ohio Revised Code is a first-degree felony.

Jail records showed a cash surety bond of $1,000 was set for Wittekind. As of Monday it had not been paid and he was still in the jail.

Shanks “eventually came out without incident,” Warden said and deputies transported him to the hospital as a precaution. He said Shanks was admitted, but did not provide the name of the hospital.

Warden said the Sheriff’s Office did not deploy during the incident, Shanks was not harmed during the incident and he did not fire at officers on scene.

Warden did not have any information on why Shanks was distraught.

Warden said during the incident the Washington County Sheriff’s Office went door to door to some of the residences below the scene and asked residents to evacuate and they let people know about it through the county’s alert system. According to Warden the evacuation was voluntary and a school in Lowell was opened up for anyone that did evacuate.

He said there was an adult in the residence next door to the garage and they declined to evacuate and there was no threat to them by that time.

Shanks does not show up on the Washington County Jail website and no information about what charges he may face is available at this time. No mug shot was available for Shanks as of press time.

The Lowell Police Chief, Lowell-Adams Volunteer Fire Department, Beverly-Waterford Rescue Squad, Reno Volunteer Fire Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Special Response Team responded to the scene, according to Warden.