DALE COUNTY: 8:55 PM. Ozark – Dale County 911 dispatched multiple law enforcement officers to a person making suicide threats.
Because of the situation RSN will not disclose the location.
Multiple law enforcement officers from several agencies responded and assisted and EMS was on standby by.
Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum spoke to the patient who hung up on him several times. The patient had a firearm in his possession.
The calmness of Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum and all officers with all agencies made this tense situation end successfully.
The patient was provided medical treatment. But the citizens of Dale County can be proud of the leadership of Sheriff Mason Bynum and the men and women of all agencies involved. They were very patient, kept the patient under observation and was able to rationally end this tense situation where no one was hurt.
RSN is not naming the agencies because we are disclosing the location.
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