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Specially trained Norfolk police officers and a negotiator were requested after the man in distress locked himself in his vehicle on Rockwood Road just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, police said. Officers cordoned off the area near Cleveland Street in downtown Norfolk as a precautionary measure.
Officers and negotiators spoke with the man for three hours before he agreed to turn himself in and go to a mental health facility, police said. No one was injured.
Police are not releasing the man's name or any other details in the case.
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