Police evacuate apartments after getting call on suicidal man
By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A southeast apartment complex is being evacuated after a man armed with a large knife inside one of the units threatened to harm himself Thursday morning, according to Las Vegas police. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An ambulance leaves the scene after a situation with a suicidal man armed with a knife is defused at an apartment complex at 3770 Swenson St. near Twain Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The man did not harm himself and was not transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas police officer leaves the scene after a situation with a suicidal man armed with a knife is defused at an apartment complex at 3770 Swenson St. near Twain Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The man did not harm himself and was not transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police officers are seen after a situation with a suicidal man armed with a knife is defused at an apartment complex at 3770 Swenson St. near Twain Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The man did not harm himself and was not transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police officers are seen after a situation with a suicidal man armed with a knife is defused at an apartment complex at 3770 Swenson St. near Twain Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The man did not harm himself and was not transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police respond to a situation with a suicidal man armed with a knife at an apartment complex at 3770 Swenson St. near Twain Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The man did not harm himself and was not transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Residents on balconies watch as Las Vegas police respond to a situation with a suicidal man armed with a knife at an apartment complex at 3770 Swenson St. near Twain Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The man did not harm himself and was not transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police evacuated a southeast valley apartment complex after a man in one of the units threatened to harm himself with a large knife Thursday morning, according to Metro.
Police got the call about a suicidal man at 7:50 a.m. at Shelter Island, 3770 Swenson St., near Twain Avenue.
The man refused to come out of his apartment, but police left the complex just after 9:30 a.m. in an attempt to de-escalate the situation, Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said.
Contact Kimberly De La Cruz at kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @KimberlyinLV.
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