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Ax-wielding man at radio station gets in standoff with cops over song request

MEDFORD, Mass. — Police say an ax-wielding man showe❀d up outside a Massachusetts radio station demanding that the song “My Axe” be played and held off responding༒ officers for three hours.

Witnesses and stati𒈔on employees say the man arrived at Kiss 108 in Medford on Monday with an ax in hand and unsuccessfully requested the station play the song by Insane Clown Posse.

Arriving officers found the 38-year-old man in his car in the station parkin♉g lot. Police say he tossed sharp-edged weapons out of the car during the standoff☂, and officers unsuccessfully used a stun gun on him.

The man surrendered around 4:30 p.m. he had minor self-inflicted cuts on his🦩 arms.

Police say he will undergo a psychi꧋atric evaluation.

Kiss 108 bills itself as “Boston’꧑s #1 Hit Music Station.”