A 27-year-old man from Ohio was taken into custody Friday morning after walking onto a stage at Civic Hall in Union Square with a firearm and threatening to kill himself, police sources said. The man waved the firearm before placing it to his head and making suicidal threats just before 10:30 a.m., according to sources. Event staff members tackled him and removed the weapon before officers arrived.
A man is fighting for his life after being shot by Metropolitan Police officers who entered a London property by force. Scotland Yard were called to an address in Walthamstow at 10am on Friday to reports of a man with a gun. The suspected gunman allegedly made threats to kill at the property on Stow Crescent near Banbury Reservoir. Trained negotiators were dispatched and at 2pm officers entered the property and discharged their weapons.