3400 block of Eastern Avenue: At about noon officers responded for the report of an attempted suicide. Their investigation revealed that a 22 year old female made small superficial cuts to her wrist and stated to the officers that she wanted to kill herself. They also learned that she has a history of depression and is supposed to take medications to relieve her symptoms which she had not taken for some time. The wounds were not serious or life threatening. She was taken to Prince George’s Hospital for treatment and psychological evaluation.
September 4 th : 2500 block of Queens Chapel Road : Emergency petition – 4:50 am. Officers on patrol observed a highly intoxicated man walking through on-coming traffic carrying two 14” long kitchen knives. When the officers stopped the man and ordered him to drop the knives he refused and said that he wanted to die and was going to kill himself. The officers also observed that the man was bleeding from his mouth and had blood on the back of his shirt. A member of the man’s family arrived on the scene and convinced the man to drop the knives and, after a brief struggle officers were able to get him under control. Fire/rescue personnel arrived to transport the man to the hospital and during their on-scene evaluation officers observed that he had a large amount of shattered glass in his hair and on his face along with several long cut/scratch markings on his back just above his waist line. Medics took him to Washington Adventist Hospital where he was committed to medica...
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