Oakland Airport terminal evacuated due to alleged 'suicidal man with knife'
Apr 6, 2021, 9:43 am
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Oakland Airport terminal evacuated due to alleged 'suicidal man with knife'
OAKLAND, Calif. - Alameda County Sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement agencies descended on the Oakland International Airport early Tuesday morning at Terminal 1.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department tweeted that a suicidal man with a knife was threatening to harm himself. Spokeswoman Tya Modeste said the man, in his 30s, passed a note to a TSA employee that said "Help me."
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department tweeted that a suicidal man with a knife was threatening to harm himself. Spokeswoman Tya Modeste said the man, in his 30s, passed a note to a TSA employee that said "Help me."
Terminal 1 was evacuated beyond the checkpoint.
Apr 6, 2021, 11:42 am
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Terminal 1 at the Oakland International Airport was closed for nearly four hours Tuesday morning after a suicidal man with a knife threatened to harm himself.
But deputies were able to de-escalate the situation by altering the temperature inside the airport and deploying Tasers - not guns - yielding a positive and non-deadly ending to a tense morning.
But deputies were able to de-escalate the situation by altering the temperature inside the airport and deploying Tasers - not guns - yielding a positive and non-deadly ending to a tense morning.
Terminal opened back up just before 10a.m.