Correction to story headline March 25, 6:09 p.m. “Suicide attempt” has been corrected to “mental health issue call.” Additional details also added from New Concord Police Chief Mindy Peck and Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz, March 25, 6:17 p.m.
The New Concord Police Department was dispatched a call to Concord Square Apartments on Old Rix Mills Road in New Concord regarding an incident by an apartment resident on March 25 at approximately 2 p.m.
Also at the scene was the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Muskingum County Sheriff’s Special Response Team and Muskingum University Police.
New Concord Police, Muskingum University Police and the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department were on the scene at Concord Square Apartments as well as the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The individual was taken from the apartment with no incident and was transported to the hospital for a mental and physical evaluation.
A young adult male reportedly got into an altercation with his mother and threatened to take his own life. There were mental health concerns regarding the individual.
New Concord Police Chief Mindy Peck said the dispatch was a “mental health issue” call. The call came in as a “male with a knife to his throat.”
Peck said, “I was the first one on the scene. By the time I got there, he didn’t have the knife.”
NCPD called in assistance from the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Special Response Team because there was uncertainty about if the male had a weapon. No weapons were found.
“I believe the threat may have been with a knife earlier in the day, but there was no incident,” said Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz.
Residents in surrounding apartments were evacuated from the immediate area.
The individual was taken from the apartment without incident and was transported to the hospital for mental and physical evaluation.
