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Hackensack, NJ

SWAT Standoff Underway At Hackensack Apartment Building

A woman was taken to a hospital for evaluation after barricading herself inside a Hackensack apartment and claiming to have a knife, prompting a response from the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, authorities said.

Authorities gather outside the apartment

Authorities gather outside the apartment

 Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine
SWAT standoff

SWAT standoff

 Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine
SWAT team members at the scene

SWAT team members at the scene

 Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine
At the scene

At the scene

 Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine
by Cecilia Levine and Joe Wilkinson

Hackensack police responded to a mental health incident involving a 44-year-old woman at the Park Lane Apartments at Union Street and Conklin Place Friday evening, July 24, Chief Michael Antista tells Daily Voice. When officers made contact, the woman barricaded herself inside an apartment and said she had a knife, Antista said.

The Bergen County Regional SWAT Team was called to the scene, and the woman was eventually taken into custody without incident, according to Antista.

She was transported to a local hospital for a mental health evaluation. No injuries were reported, and no charges were filed.

The response drew a large crowd outside the building. Witnesses told Daily Voice they saw a woman throwing items from an apartment window before SWAT officers entered the building.

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