A five-hour mental health lockdown in Keystone ended peacefully this afternoon, and residents of the Wintergreen Apartments are now back home.
Dillon-Keystone PD reports a call came in around 6:40 a.m. from a man who said someone else was in his apartment. He was barricaded in his bathroom and needed help, police report.
Officers arrived at Wintergreen and found no obvious evidence of a break-in. They heard screaming from the unit and decided to force entry. Still inside the bathroom was the man, reportedly armed with a knife and suffering “severe hallucinations,” according to a police report. No one else was with him.
Around 8 a.m. police evacuated the building “out of an abundance of caution” and issued a lockdown order for the rest of Wintergreen. They told other neighboring residents to avoid the area.
Over the next five hours, police and the Summit Sheriff’s S.M.A.R.T. co-responder team talked with the man in the bathroom.
Just after 1 p.m. he surrendered and was taken to the hospital. He is now undergoing treatment. Police declined to say if he was injured. They also declined to say what was causing the suspected hallucinations.
“This incident highlights the importance of coordinated response and prioritizing both public safety and the well-being of individuals in crisis,” Dillon-Keystone PD writes in statement.
The statement continues to thank other involved agencies, including Frisco Police Department, Silverthorne Police Department, Municipal Emergency Response Team and Summit Fire and EMS.