Police known as out a SWAT workforce after an armed girl barricaded herself inside an condominium in downtown Binghamton.
Witnesses had reported seeing an individual pointing a handgun within the air close to the downtown YWCA constructing at Hawley and Trade streets round 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Regulation enforcement officers exterior a constructing on the Woodburn Court docket II condominium complicated on December 7, 2022. Photograph: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
Preliminary experiences indicated the lady who had the gun additionally had a sword on her again.
Cops rapidly searched the downtown neighborhood and realized the lady had gone into an condominium on the large Woodburn Court docket II complicated at Susquehanna and Carroll Streets.
When the lady refused to depart the condominium in Constructing E to talk with officers, SWAT items have been known as to the scene.
The condominium is situated on the south facet of the complicated, a couple of yards from Route 363. A bit of the busy connector into downtown Binghamton was closed for a time as a precaution due to police exercise. Carroll Road south of Susquehanna Road additionally was shut down for a time.
Shortly after 2 p.m., the lady emerged from the constructing and surrendered.
Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski instructed WNBF News there have been no accidents within the incident.
A girl spoke with a Binghamton police detective following a standoff incident at a downtown condominium complicated. (Photograph: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)
Detective Captain Cory Minor mentioned the individual concerned had a “psychological well being disaster.” He declined to remark on the scene on whether or not any weapons have been confiscated.
Contact WNBF News reporter Bob Joseph: bob@wnbf.com or (607) 545-2250. For breaking information and updates on growing tales, observe @BinghamtonNow on Twitter.
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