43-hour Mankato standoff ends with missing child found safely.

A 43-hour standoff in Mankato, Minnesota, ended with the discovery of a missing 2-year-old boy and his non-custodial father, Walter Brown. Brown was charged with violating an order of protection and refusing to return a child of whom he didn’t have custody. The police had been trying to find the boy since March 29 after he was allegedly taken from a home. The standoff began when police tried to apprehend Brown, who allegedly fired a gun at a pursuing officer. The incident ended peacefully, and the toddler was found safe.