Hours-Long SWAT Situation Ends In Baldwin
BALDWIN, Pa. (KDKA) — Police and SWAT were on the scene for more than five in Baldwin on Wednesday.
(Photo Credit: Jessica Guay/KDKA)
McNeilly Road was temporarily closed at Sussex Avenue to Pearce Road due to the standoff. Police were trying to get a man out of an apartment building. Law enforcement communicated regularly with him throughout the situation.
Around 9:30 p.m., the man was put in an ambulance and taken to the hospital for evaluation. Baldwin’s police chief said the man was suffering from a mental health crisis.
It all started around 4 p.m. when negotiators began asking the man to come outside. Officials used a drone at one point and even a ladder to get to the top of the building.
KDKA’s Jessica Guay reports the Allegheny County Bomb Squad arrived earlier during the standoff.
It appears that the situation in Baldwin Twp has ended. We saw a man was put in an ambulance.
— Jessica Guay (@JessicaGuayTV)
