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Hospital Standoff: Patient's Relative Nabbed After Allegedly Threatening Employees With Weapons Hospital Standoff: Patient's Relative Nabbed After Allegedly Threatening Employees With Weapons
Hospital Standoff: Patient's Relative Nabbed After Allegedly Threatening Employees With Weapons This story has been updated. An hourslong police standoff with an allegedly armed man inside a hospital in the region has ended peacefully, authorities said. Emergency crews in Albany were called at around 2:40 p.m. Monday, March 27, with reports that a person was armed with a handgun at Albany Medical Center, located on New Scotland Avenue. “The situation is contained to one room within the hospital,” Albany Police spokesperson Steven Smith told Daily Voice. At 7:15 p.m., Smith announced that the suspect had been arrested and the incident was over. Heavy police presence right now …

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