JACSKONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office took a man into custody several hours after they said he walked into a closing building and started making threats Tuesday.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office had West Adams Street blocked off, and Hogan Street to North Pearl Street was closed.
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JSO said the man came into the building around 6 p.m. as a cleaning crew was working and started making threats toward them. The crew left the building and called police.
According to JSO, the man then locked himself in the building and wouldn’t come out.
Officers evacuated the building.
The officers including the SWAT team worked for hours to negotiate and de-escalate the situation. The man’s motive is unclear.
Police said they believed the man could be armed, which is why SWAT was called out.
The man was taken into custody as the media was being briefed. No one was harmed, including the man.
Attorney Gene Nichols, who works in a building that was in the center of the threat, said an individual made his way past a security door and then made threats to the people inside the building.
Everyone in his law office was safe.
Police are investigating and interviewing the man.