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Shelbyville police responded to a call Saturday that came from the eventual suspect in the incident.
According to Shelbyville police, a 911 call was received from a man who stated that he was going to rob a Speedway gas station, assault the female working there with a knife and shoot any officers who arrived.
Officers responded and found the man in the 100 block of E. Polk Street. A department press release says the man was holding a razorblade-style knife and making threats to kill himself and officers at the scene.
Officers talked with the man for about an hour to try and calm him down but he refused to cooperate. When the man started to advance toward the officers they deployed a chemical agent with no effect. Officers then deployed a bean bag round into the man’s lower back which stopped his advance.
Officers gained control of the man and helped in his transport to the Major Health Partners Medical Center for a mental health evaluation.
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