A man was arrested after a barricade with the Robeson County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday morning.

Around 6 a.m. sheriff deputies and crime scene investigators were called to a house on Highway 72 in Lumberton for a homicide investigation.  

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When they arrived, the male suspect, barricaded himself inside his house. 

Almost an hour later, police had the suspect in custody at 6:50 a.m.

The Robeson County Sheriff's Office is conducting the death investigation.