A police stand-off with a suicidal man believed to have a gun ended peacefully this morning on Tulane Road near Autumn Oaks Cemetery. The 58-year-old man was sent to a hospital under a mental commitment.
Orange Police Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the Orange County SWAT was called out but was not used. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office helped at the scene.
Enmon described the scene as a “very tense situation.”
It began with call about 10:30 a.m. from a concerned citizen who notified police about a suicidal man with a gun. The citizen wanted police to be aware the man was armed and potentially could shoot at officers or commit “suicide by cop.”
Enmon said officers talked the man into surrendering. He was not armed and police did not find any guns in his car.
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