DULUTH — A man is in custody after an incident that closed off a portion of the downtown Wednesday.
The Duluth Police Department responded Wednesday morning to a report of a man with a gun barricaded in a storage unit in the alley between Superior Street and First Street, between First and Second avenues west.
The surrounding area was closed to traffic for several hours as the department’s Crisis Negotiations Team and SWAT worked to resolve the situation.
Police announced early in the afternoon that the man surrendered peacefully and no one was injured. A 59-year-old man was arrested and taken to the St. Louis County Jail, where he is expected to be charged with second-degree assault and threats of violence, police said.
The News Tribune generally does not identify suspects until they have been formally charged.
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National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 24/7; call or text 988;if you or a loved one is in immediate physical danger, call 911 and ask for a Crisis Intervention Team officer. Arrowhead Regional Crisis Line: Serves Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties and Bois Forte, Fond du Lac and Grand Portage bands; 24/7 hotline 844-772-4724. Aitkin County: Northern Pines Mental Health Center, 800-462-5525. Itasca County: Itasca County Crisis Response Team, 218-326-8565. Pine County: Canvas Health, 800-523-3333. Northern St. Louis County: Range Mental Health Center, 218-288-2100. Douglas County, Wisconsin, 24-hour Crisis Line: 715-395-2259. |
This story was updated at 4 p.m. July 15, with information about the suspect. It was originally posted at 2:28 p.m. the same day.
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