Residents were evacuated in a Citrus Heights neighborhood Wednesday as authorities negotiated with a suicidal man barricaded inside a home.

The standoff began around 4 p.m. Wednesday inside the home near Meadowcreek Way and Dewey Drive, Citrus Height police officials said.

As a precaution, residents inside ten surrounding homes were evacuated and taken to a nearby church.

Authorities said they were working to talk the man into surrendering.