TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police officers shot a man early Friday in west Toledo. The man, who was shot after police said he aimed a firearm at them, was taken to a local hospital where police later said he was stable.
According to a news release from TPD Thursday morning, the incident began shortly after 2 a.m. when a woman called 911 to report her husband was armed with a gun, intoxicated and suicidal at a home in the 4100 block of Ruskin Drive.
While police and fire crews were on their way to the Ruskin Drive address, the woman told 911 dispatchers that her husband had gone into the garage with her and that he was no longer armed. As emergency officials stayed on the line with the woman, taking more information, police said the man went into the kitchen of the home, retrieved a firearm, and continued to make suicidal statements.
When officers arrived at the scene, the woman fled the house through the garage and was able to tell officers her husband was in the kitchen, police said.
The man then opened the door and pointed a rifle at officers, police said.
Toledo police officers then shot the man, who retreated back into the house, wounded, police said.
Police then used barricaded-suspect procedures, calling Toledo SWAT, critical incident negotiators and tactical medics to the scene, the department's news release said.
SWAT officers eventually entered the residence and took the suspect into custody without further incident. Medical crews administered help the man the scene and he was then taken to the hospital, the release said.
No one else was injured in the incident, police said.
Police did not release the name of the man.
The Toledo Police officers who fired their weapons will be placed on paid administrative leave as an investigation of the incident continues. The department plans to release body-camera footage of the incident at a later date, the release said.
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