Greenfield standoff with suicidial man ends on roof of gas station

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A 911 call requesting a welfare check on a suicidal man ended on the roof of

the Marathon gas station in the 1300 block of North State Street in Greenfield Thursday evening.

After a short standoff on the roof of the business, the man was detained and taken to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment of self-inflicted cuts to the wrist and neck.

Officers were first called to the area of Kroger, 1571 N. State Street, to attempt to locate the man who left a vehicle when the caller went into the store. When the caller returned to his vehicle, the man was gone and the caller noticed a knife missing. The man then sent a photo to the 911 caller indicating that he intentionally hurt himself and was in the woods.

Multiple officers searched the wooded area behind Kroger and to the south for the man for nearly three hours until a drone utilized in the search located the man on the roof of the Marathon gas station. Officers surrounded the building and began talking to the man, who refused to cooperate further. A negotiator was requested and responded to the scene.

The Greenfield Fire Territory assisted officers at the scene with their ladder truck, so officers could see the man and communicate with him. The man refused verbal commands to show his hands and refused to cooperate.

Fearing the man still had a knife and would continue harming himself or others, officers on the ladder truck were armed with a Kinetic Energy Projectile weapon and deployed one bean-bag round. It struck the man in the lower body. The man immediately showed his hands to the officers and complied until detained moments later by officers now on the roof.

Once detained, officers on the roof immediately began to treat the man’s injuries until paramedics from the Greenfield Fire Territory were put onto the roof and took over patient care.

The man was transported to an Indianapolis hospital in critical condition.

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