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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/19/2022
Location : 537 Emerson St
City : Watertown
County : Jefferson
State : New York
Agency : Watertown PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Watertown Police were called to 537 Emerson Street for a report of a suicidal man with a gun. This resulted in a large police presence consisting of city police and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office which responded with its Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP vehicle, all to confront a suicidal man. Emerson and other streets were blocked off for several hours while police waited outside the house with weapons drawn. Police used a ladder to push in an air conditioner on the second floor. Police continued to point guns at the home. The man inside the home committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wwnytv.com/2023/04/19/heavy-police-presence-shuts-down-watertown-street/
