Barry Alan Tolbers has been committed to the psychiatric hospital in St. Peter after an evaluation requested by Freeborn County found him mentally ill and dangerous to the public.

The evaluation came after prosecutor David Walker, assistant Freeborn County attorney, filed a petition in late May to have the evaluation done.

Walker had Tolbers evaluated earlier in May and found that found Tolbers was not mentally capable of continuing on trial.

Tolbers, 47, held police at bay during a nine-hour stand off with at his home at 809 Harding Ave. in Albert Lea on April 5. The overnight ordeal was riddled with gunfire from Tolbers, who fired shotguns, a rifle and a handgun at least 69 times into the neighborhood. He damaged houses, street lamps and a police squad car.

Nobody was injured.

Police finally subdued Tolbers after throwing tear gas into the house, after which he exited the house with a holster on his back. Police then fired two shots of non-lethal ammunition at him and subdued him.

After spending 60 days in the state hospital, he will be eligible for a review hearing. If the evaluation’s findings are still found to be true at that point, he possibly will be committed indefinitely.