UPDATE: 3:30 p.m.

A "dynamic and unfolding" police incident in which a distraught 50-year-old man barricaded himself inside a home has ended peacefully. 

RCMP responded to a home on the 2300 block of Silver Place about 1:30 p.m. for reports of a man believed to be armed and alone inside a home.

The surrounding homes were all evacuated.

“A short time after those tactical evacuations began, the distraught male exited the home and was apprehended without any further incident,” says RCMP spokesman Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey.

Kelowna RCMP and its Crisis Team responded, which includes an Interior Health psychiatric nurse.

ORIGINAL: 3:25 p.m.

A heavy police presence is being reported in the Dilworth Mountain area of Kelowna Tuesday afternoon.

A man living on Silver Place tells Castanet police told him to leave his home.

At least 10 police cruisers were seen in the area.

Castanet has a reporter headed to the scene and will update with more information as it becomes available. 

RCMP have yet to comment on the incident.