UN lockdown: NYPD take man with gun into custody following hours-long negotiations
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The man who held a loaded shotgun below his chin outside the United Nations headquarters Thursday as NYPD officers negotiated with him for hours until he finally surrendered wanted papers and other documents delivered to the intergovernmental organization, police executives said at a press conference.
The man, described as a White male in his 60s wearing a red jacket, blue jeans, held a shotgun with one round directly under his chin. As an officer with the NYPD’s emergency services unit established and maintained a dialogue, at no point did the man point the gun at police. NYPD emergency services personnel escort a man who had been standing outside United Nations headquarters with a gun after he surrendered after a standoff, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. The man, who appeared to be in his 60s, was taken into custody without incident at around 1:30 p.m. ((AP Photo/John Minchillo)) NYPD emergency services personnel escort a man who had been standing outside United Nations headquarters with a gun, after he surrendered after a standoff, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. The man, who appeared to be in his 60s, was taken into custody without incident at around 1:30 p.m. ((AP Photo/John Minchillo)) A man who had been standing outside United Nations headquarters with a gun surrenders to NYPD emergency services officers after a standoff, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. The man, who appeared to be in his 60s, was taken into custody without incident at around 1:30 p.m. ((AP Photo/John Minchillo)) NYPD emergency services officers respond to a man standing outside United Nations headquarters with a shotgun, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. A police spokesperson said hostage negotiators were speaking with the man, who appeared to be in his 60s. They hoped to resolve the situation peacefully ((AP Photo/John Minchillo))
NYPD executives said the man never mentioned killing himself, only that he wanted papers delivered into the United Nations and if officers did so, he wound surrender. The United Nations headquarters is considered its own territory, though it sits along the East River in Manhattan.