Police situation
Originally published 08:14 a.m., July 9, 2010
Updated 08:54 a.m., July 9, 2010
One person was taken away in handcuffs and residents of the Linden Apartments, 822 Merchant St., were allowed back inside their home about 8:40 a.m. today, after law enforcement officers worked several hours at an as-yet unspecified incident inside the building.
Residents had been evacuated around 8 a.m. One of the residents said that he was awakened around 4:30 a.m. when the situation may have begun.
Officers from the Emporia Police Department and the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, including two K-9 units, EPD's special response unit and the Emporia-Lyon County Ambulance Service were staged in the area. An EPD negotiator also was sent inside the building.
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HenryVIII (anonymous) says...
Ah... I missed it the first time... This is the description of the article on the news page...
"Avoid Merchant Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues."
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July 9, 2010 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
history_nerd (anonymous) says...
I was wondering what the heck was going on when I was driving down Merchant this morning.
July 9, 2010 at 9:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
allintogether (anonymous) says...
Me too History_nerd. I drove by around 8:15 and two police cars were parked on the east side of the street and there was a police officer scoping the place out from the sidewalk.
July 9, 2010 at 7:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )