ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police are searching for a suspect after officers surrounded a Lake Avenue home for hours on Thursday night. Lake Avenue and the surrounding street have since reopened.

Rochester Police surrounded the home after hearing that the suspect in a gunpoint robbery was inside and the department’s SWAT team executed a search warrant on the home.

Officers responded to Lake Avenue between Lorimer and Emerson streets just after 4:30 p.m. after getting reports of the robbery. Officers met with a 21-year-old man who said at least one suspect pointed a gun at him and demanded money.

Police heard the suspect was inside a residence near the intersection with Phelps Street and surrounded it, trying to make contact with the suspect. After no contact was made, the SWAT team arrived. News10NBC journalists observed the SWAT vehicles on scene.

The police investigation is continuing and News10NBC is working to learn more.