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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 4/3/2022
SUBJECT: Duluth Police Department's Crisis Negations Team Respond to Male having a Mental Health Crisis
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Mental Health Crisis
CASE NO.: 22043187
INCIDENT DATE: 4/3/2022
INCIDENT TIME: 8:15 a.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: Lake Avenue Viaduct

Duluth Police Crisis Negations Team Respond to Male having a Mental Health Crisis

At approximately 8:15 a.m, Sunday, April 3, 2022, Duluth Police Officers responded to a male experiencing a mental health crisis who had been jumping out into traffic. The individual was eventually found by responding officers standing on the guard rail on the Lake Avenue ramp to southbound Interstate-35 threatening to jump.

Officers and members of the Duluth Police Department‘s Crisis Negotiations Team negotiated with the male for over an hour and a half before the individual decided to jump to the ground below. The male sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated by Mayo Ambulance and the Duluth Fire Department and was transported to a local hospital for further treatment and a mental health evaluation. The Minnesota State Patrol also assisted in this incident and traffic is back open.

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