A distraught man inside a house on Bank Street Road is threatening to harm himself and he reportedly has a pistol. Law enforcement is on scene and traffic is being stopped at East Saile and Bank, and at R. Stephen Hawley Drive and Bank. He was on the phone with a counselor, but now is not answering the phone.
UPDATE 4:40 p.m.: An adjacent house is ordered to be evacuated.
UPDATE 4:42 p.m.: The occupants of the adjacent house have left. A state investigator is talking with the original caller to dispatch about this incident to try and glean more information. A nearby church is going to be checked and if anyone is there, they will be told to leave.
UPDATE 4:46 p.m.: Mercy medics are told to go to Bank Street Road and Hawley Drive in case they are needed.
UPDATE 4:48 p.m.: A responder who checked out the church says it appears to be sealed up and no one is there.
UPDATE 4:52 p.m.: At the scene: "We've got him coming to the front door. ... we made contact briefly. He went back inside the front door."
UPDATE 4:54 p.m.: Parents of children in a nearby daycare center are informed that when picking up their kids, they must travel via the city northward to the daycare facility.
UPDATE 4:56 p.m.: The man is in custody. The Emergency Response Team is cancelled.
UPDATE 4:59 p.m.: The adjacent residents are being called and told they can return home. The road is reopened. "The daycare knows what's going on and they're all set."
UPDATE 5:05 p.m.: Responders are back in service.
