WHITE CENTER CRIME WATCH: Parking-lot standoff
9:58 AM: King County Sheriff’s Deputies are getting assistance from Seattle Police in what’s basically a parking lot standoff just south of (corrected) Bartell Drugs at 15th/Roxbury. They told us at the scene that a man who’s in a parked vehicle was making threats toward passers-by and may be armed, so they’ve closed off 15th south of Roxbury. No other info so far; avoid the area.
10:01 AM: They’re reopening 15th, but 14th will be blocked south of Roxbury.
10:15 AM: Via Twitter, KCSO describes the suspect as experiencing a “mental-health crisis.”
12:29 PM: We’re back in the area to check. The lot is still taped off, with many police vehicles. 14th SW has reopened, so this situation is now confined to the parking lot.
3:59 PM: The person has been taken into custody since our last check in the area.
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