TOMAH, Wis. -- A Missouri man appears in court for a seven-hour standoff with authorities at a Tomah hotel.

22-year-old Kenneth Roark is being held on a $500 cash bond after his appearance Monday afternoon in Monroe County Court.

Officers used chemicals to flush Roark out of a room and arrest him at the Super 8 at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities were called to the hotel after Roark, who may have been intoxicated, was seen with a firearm.

Tomah Police, along with the Monroe County SWAT team and Wisconsin State Patrol, sealed off the hotel and tried unsuccessfully to talk with Roark for seven hours before they forced him from his room.

Formal charges against Roark are expected to be filed Tuesday, or Wednesday.

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TOMAH, Wis. (AP) -- A 22-year-old Missouri man is in jail after a nearly seven-hour standoff with police in the western Wisconsin city of Tomah.

Tomah police responded to a complaint of an intoxicated man with a firearm at the Super 8 motel around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. They say they contacted him in a hallway and he retreated into his room.

The Tomah Police Department says officers set up a perimeter and tried to talk to the man before they eventually used chemical agents to flush him out.

The La Crosse Tribune reports he's being held in the Monroe County Jail on suspicion of endangering safety while intoxicated with a firearm, failure to comply with police, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon.

Sgt. Pete Huneck says no one was injured.