Juneau Police responded to a false report of a hostage situation Thursday.
Lt. Dave Campbell says a 25-year-old man called police and reported that a man with a gun was in his backyard holding a female hostage. The man said shots had been fired.
JPD responded to the home on Slim Williams Way expecting a hostage situation. But after talking with the man, his grandmother and neighbors, police determined there was no threat.
“We had our critical incident person go out there and talk to him, and it looks like we’re looking at setting up some services for the guy,” Campbell said. “Fortunately what we responded to and what we were told, it just didn’t happen.”
Campbell said JPD has encountered the man before.
