Man with knife in basement during mental health crisis, Hastings MI


A man in the basement is experiencing a mental health crisis. He believes people are coming to harm his family and is hearing voices in the woods. He is armed with a knife to protect himself. His mother suspects he may be manic.
Audio|Source: Barry County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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It's going to be near South Broadway,
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Cross of Westfield Drive.
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Clarifies that her son is hearing voices in the woods, believes that he may be manic and has a knife to protect himself.
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He's in the basement of the residence. It's going to be (name withheld) born in 1981.
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us to get him in route to stage.
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Good.
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The caller is advising that the man thinks people are going to come to the house and attack the family and he had barricaded a door and was using the knife to protect himself.
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But the caller looked and does not believe the door is barricaded any longer.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Broadway St, Hastings, MI 49058
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