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Police Officers Stop Suicide Attempt On Overpass In Westchester Police Officers Stop Suicide Attempt On Overpass In Westchester
Police Officers Stop Suicide Attempt On Overpass In Westchester A suicidal Westchester man who was threatening to jump off an overpass of the Bronx River Parkway was saved by police. The incident took place around 7:40 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15, in Tuckahoe. That's when members of the City of Yonkers Police Department, Village of Tuckahoe Police Department, and Westchester County Department of Public Safety responded to the Tuckahoe Road bridge overpass of the Bronx River Parkway, said Yonkers Police Detective Lt. Dean Politopoulos.  Officers, who found the man on a stone wall, were able to engage the man in conversation, including members of th…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police
Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police A 37-year-old armed with a rifle is fatally shot himself after a domestic dispute resulted in a standoff with responding officers. At about 10:43 p.m. on Friday, July 20, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office responded to 208 Old Route 22 in the Town of Amenia for a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute involving a man in possession of a firearm. While responding to the incident, Dutchess County 911 dispatchers updated deputies that the male had discharged the firearm, said Lt. Shawn A. Castano of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. Responding deputies located the man outside of the resid…

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by Joe Lombardi