Standoff lasting nearly five hours ends after Rocky Mount police use tear gas to get man out of home

Mark Johnson emerged out of the home early Wednesday evening on Nashville Road near South Franklin Street.

Police said Johnson was facing open warrants for multiple counts of robbery and first-degree sexual assault. Johnson was out of prison on parole.

The U.S. Marshals Service pursued Johnson around noon Wednesday when he ran from a car and into a home, police said. Authorities believed the home belonged to Johnson.

Police first breached the first floor, but Johnson was barricaded on the second level before they took him in.