India, Oct. 27 -- A North Carolina state Senate candidate live-posted his own armed standoff with police on Monday, October 26. Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina's 16th Senate District in the suburbs of Raleigh, posted shocking updates from the woods as he claimed officers were closing in on him.

Miller was taken into custody Monday afternoon with no shots fired, according to WRAL.

Miller describes himself as a carpenter and former small-business owner. He is running against a Democratic incumbent and a Republican contender in the November 3 election.

Sunday night, October 25, Miller began posting that he intended to take his own life. He gave live updates when police arrived at his apartment in Cary, out...