The standoff lasted around 5 hours.
UPDATE: 6:40 p.m. According to Mobile Police Department, the suspect in today’s standoff has died.) - The hours-long armed standoff in downtown Mobile ended during the 3 o’clock hour Monday afternoon. The man who police say threatened to shoot himself and fired shots at officers outside Mobile Government Plaza was loaded onto a stretcher and put into an ambulance.
Moments later, the man was pulled from the car and responders immediately started CPR on the sidewalk. The car was parked on the opposite side of Government Street from the large landmark government building. Barber told FOX10 News just after 12:30 p.m. that mental health professionals in a nearby armored vehicle had been able to establish communication with the armed man. He described the man as having been “mostly uncooperative” through the morning.
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