Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police

A man is in police custody following a standoff that lasted several hours in a Target parking in South Whitehall, according to township police.

South Whitehall police took a man into custody following a three-hour stand-off in a Target parking lot Sunday afternoon.
Photo Credit: *Facebook/South Whitehall Twp. Police Dept.*

Mac Bullock

11/28/2022 11:36 a.m.

Authorities said officers were dispatched to the Crest Plaza parking lot on North Cedar Crest Boulevard around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov., 27 for a report of a suicidal man refusing to get out of his vehicle.

South Whitehall police called Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team (MERT) crisis negotiator, who eventually convinced the man to stand down, officials said. He was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, they added.

One witness told WFMZ that police were on the scene for three hours and had their guns drawn during the ordeal.

"At no point was the public in any danger," police said.

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