Modesto Police: Negotiators talk suicidal person at parking garage into surrendering

Parts of downtown were shut down this morning while Modesto Police Department officers were negotiating with a man threatening suicide from the top of a parking garage.

Officers were called to the parking garage on 11th Street between I and J streets at about 6 a.m. and issued an alert to residents to stay away from the area around J and I from Ninth to 11th streets.

Negotiators were able to talk the person into surrendering, and police began opening streets back up at about 7:05 a.m.

The man was being taken to the Stanislaus County Behavioral Health Center, police said.

We’ll have more on this breaking story as more details become available.

This story was originally published September 8, 2015 at 7:16 AM with the headline "Modesto Police: Negotiators talk suicidal person at parking garage into surrendering."