Delta police helped successfully assist a person in crisis Saturday night.
DPD received an initial call of a male in crisis Saturday who was believed to be in possession of a firearm in the North Delta area.
“With the assistance of Air 1, police located him in his vehicle at approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday night in the Queensborough area,” said DPD public affairs coordinator Cris Leykauf. “In the course of apprehending the male, the vehicle window as breached by police. The male was taken into custody and then transported to hospital.”
Police did recover a pellet gun from the vehicle.
The incident is still under investigation.
Last night A Platoon patrol officers had to intervene with a person in crisis, barricaded in a vehicle and believed to have a firearm. We launched a vehicle assault in immediate defense of life and the person was taken into custody safely. I love this team! #TeamWork pic.twitter.com/L3ONQHio1j
— Cst. Jim Ingram (@cst_jingram) January 7, 2018
