Police had conducted a welfare check after a friend told police the man had texted a photo of a shotgun while saying he intended to harm himself.
They summoned a Bergen County Regional SWAT unit and Regional Crisis Negotiation team as a precaution. The situation ended quickly without incident.
Police from Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake and Upper Saddle River assisted, along with Bergen County sheriff's officers and members of the Tri-Boro Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
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