{"id":18683,"date":"2023-06-17T10:13:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=18683"},"modified":"2023-06-17T10:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:13:44","slug":"man-in-mental-crisis-in-redwood-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/man-in-mental-crisis-in-redwood-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearm seized from man in mental crisis in Redwood City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma.jpg\" alt=\"City police seized a firearm Wednesday from a man in a mental crisis in Redwood City.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arma-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay City News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City police seized a firearm Wednesday from a man in a mental crisis in Redwood City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday at 5:35 p.m., Redwood City Police Department officers responded to a residence after two 911 hang-up calls were reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police said a check of previous calls to the residence revealed that a 30-year-old man with a history of mental illness lives there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding officers met with the resident&#039;s brother and confirmed the man was experiencing a crisis, was armed with a handgun and had made criminal threats to harm his brother, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officers on the scene attempted to create a relaxed atmosphere and a short time later, the man emerged from the residence with a loaded handgun in his pocket, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officers were able to convince the man to surrender peacefully and hand over the firearm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and the case is under review for criminal threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police said the residence was searched for additional firearms, but none were found, and a Gun Violence Restraining Order was obtained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/mark-myers-new-police-chief\/\">Captain Mark Myers Named as New Police Chief of the City of San Carlos<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Bay City News La polic\u00eda de la ciudad confisc\u00f3 el mi\u00e9rcoles un arma de fuego a un hombre en crisis mental en Redwood City. El mi\u00e9rcoles a las 17:35 horas, los oficiales del Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Redwood City respondieron a una residencia despu\u00e9s de que se colgaron dos llamadas al 911. La polic\u00eda [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18686,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683\/revisions\/18686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}