Bowling Green residents evacuated for barricaded man

5/14/2008

BOWLING GREEN - Residents in two apartment buildings and several adjacent homes in the 800 block of Second Street were evacuated for two hours last night as police checked on a man reported to be armed and suicidal, police said.

The man, whose name was not released, is in his early 20s and was being evaluated early today at Wood County Hospital.

The incident began at 7:50 p.m. Police entered the man's apartment about 9:45 p.m. and found him with a 22-caliber revolver. No charges were filed.