After 10 hours, man who threatened to jump at the D Las Vegas in custody

By Colton Lochhead Las Vegas Review-Journal

9 years ago

A man sits on the parking garage of the D Las Vegas downtown on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Police have shut down traffic on Carson Avenue while they work at the scene. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto

Police block traffic next to the D Las Vegas while they work at the scene where a man is threatening to jump from the parking garage at the hotel. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto

Ten hours after Metro police began negotiating with a man they said was suicidal and threatening to jump off the parking garage of the D Las Vegas, the man was in custody.

Police were originally called to the hotel-casino’s garage at 10:18 a.m., spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said. The man was sitting on a ledge about five or six floors up, visible from the Fremont Street Experience.

While he was threatening to jump, police had shut down Carson Avenue between Third and Fourth streets throughout the day. The man came down willingly about 7:45 p.m.

— Las Vegas Review-Journal writer Rachel Crosby contributed to the report. Contact Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638. Find him on Twitter: @ColtonLochhead