'He Flipped a Switch': Indian River County Sheriff's Deputy Talks a Man Off a Bridge

'He flipped a switch': Indian River County sheriff's deputy talks a man off a bridge

Deputies in Indian River County safely took a man into custody after a two-hour standoff on the 17th Street Bridge, where the man threatened to jump.

Deputies rescue man who threatened to jump off bridge platform

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 23-year-old man who threatened to jump from a bridge platform was unharmed after deputies convinced him to climb back up to safety after a two-hour crisis negotiation. The platform is an estimated 55 feet above the Indian River Lagoon below, sheriff’s officials said. “We talked to him. We let him know there’s people that love him – his mother and sister,” said Edouard Gast, the Indian River County sheriff’s crisis negotia…

IRCSO negotiators end 17th Street Bridge standoff safely

VERO BEACH — Indian River County Sheriff’s Office crisis negotiators spent two hours talking a man down from the 17th Street Bridge on Sunday, Aug. 2, and took him into […] The post IRCSO negotiators end 17th Street Bridge standoff safely appeared first on Sebastian Daily.