Officials said the suspect had been brought in for questioning Wednesday afternoon and grabbed the detective's 40-caliber semiautomatic pistol in an interview room around 1 p.m.
The building was evacuated during the standoff.
Officials refused to name the suspect or detective citing the ongoing investigation.
Poughkeepsie is a city of 30,000 residents along the Hudson River 70 miles north of New York City.
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