Pittsburgh Police Officer Saves Suicidal Man With Knife In Brookline
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A Pittsburgh police officer saved a suicidal man in Brookline.
Sergeant Lee Myers found the man holding a knife to his neck along Zimmerman Street.
While the city slept, a life was saved.
— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) April 24, 2020
Zone 6 officers responded to a call for a male holding a knife to his neck around 1:30 a.m. today.
Sgt. Lee Myers spoke with the distraught man for an hour, building trust, until he dropped the knife. @PghPolice are #HereForYou412 pic.twitter.com/sYOIkPChT7
Myers spoke to the man for an hour and convinced him to drop the knife.
The man was then taken away by medics.
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