Man with knife detained by police after brief standoff in Calhoun County
Updated 9:44 AM;
MARSHALL TWP., MI – A Marshall man is undergoing a mental health evaluation after repeatedly calling 911 and asking for police to come and kill him Wednesday night, leading to a brief standoff with police.
Emergency crews were called at 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, to a home in the 200 block of West Drive North in Marshall Township for a report of a man making suicidal comments, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office.
The man, 36, of Marshall, had previously called 911 and told dispatchers he was armed, suicidal and wished to be killed by police. He demanded a police response or he said would start harming innocent people, police said.