Police evacuate NE Jmst apartment bldg Wed

Jamestown (CSi) Law enforcement was called to 1510 11th Ave NE Jamestown apartment building shortly after 3-p.m. Wednesday, after receiving a report of a man who might harm himself.

Police Chief Scott Edinger says officers responded to a report from the Department of Veterans Affairs that an individual was threatening to harm himself and possibly had a rifle.

He was talking with LEC dispatch, on the phone, and the person refused leave his apartment, as officers were dispatched to the scene.

Other tenants of the building were evacuated while the incident was taking place, and streets in the area were blocked off preventing traffic from exiting  Highway 20 into the area of the apartment building.

The man came out of his apartment without incident and the units were informed to “stand-down,” just before 4-p.m., as he talked with officers in the hallway of the building.

It’s not known at this time if the man was armed, or was alone in the apartment unit.

He was brought to the Stutsman County Law Enforcement Center for screening.

Police were assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office and the North Dakota Highway Patrol.