Montpelier police and Vermont State Police have taken a man in custody who was making suicidal threats in a residential part of the city near Hubbard Park.
Police asked residents of Parkside and Upper Hubbard Park drives to remain in their homes on Saturday afternoon until the situation was resolved.
The man was taken into custody Saturday evening.
He was on supervised release by the Vermont Department of Corrections.
The man had been seated inside a vehicle by the Hubbard Park Drive gate and was thought to be armed. Police formed a tactical perimeter and a crisis negotiator attempted to contact the man.
Communication attempts with negotiators failed and tear gas was fired into the vehicle.
The man did not respond. SWAT officers removed the suspect, “who was combative but unarmed,” from the vehicle, police said. He was taken to the Central Vermont Medical Center for cold exposure, medical care, and mental health evaluation.
He is in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections while receiving medical treatment at CVMC, police said.
