APD SWAT responds to mental health crisis in US Congress
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Austin, Texas – The Austin Police Department’s SWAT team responded to an incident near Congress S. Monday night.
Police said that around 4:53 p.m., officers received a call about a man with a knife at HEB on S. Congress and Alltorf.
The man then headed south through Congress and ended up on top of the food market building at 3002 S Congress Ave.
APD SWAT was then called in to help, along with the Austin Fire Department and the Austin-Travis County Ambulance Service.
A SWAT team managed to get the man out of the building and he was taken to a local hospital shortly thereafter, police said.
No one was hurt and no one was in danger.
Police said the man was having a mental health crisis.
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