A police officer who happened to stop at a Broadway traffic light as a woman struggled to keep her suicidal partner from leaping from a nearby building was able to race to the roof of the five-story apartment complex and help the woman lift the subject back to safety.
The Seattle Police Department reports the incident happened near Broadway and Jefferson just before 8:30 PM Wednesday:
At 2029 hours, an Officer was stopped at a traffic light at Broadway/Jefferson. She heard faint distant yelling and observed a citizen on the street look up towards the roof of the 5th floor apartment building and then look at her. The Officer looked up and saw an individual hanging from the ledge of the rooftop.
According to the report on the incident, the officer quickly radioed the situation in, gained access to the building and ran to the roof where she helped the woman pull the subject back to safety.
The person suffering a crisis was detained by the officer until other officers arrived to help calm the situation and the subject could be transported to the hospital for care.
There were no reported significant injuries.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or the Washington Warm Line at 1-800-500-9276.
$5 A MONTH TO HELP KEEP CHS PAYWALL-FREE
🌈🐣🌼🌷🌱🌳🌾🍀🍃🦔🐇🐝🐑🌞🌻
Subscribe to CHS to help us hire writers and photographers to cover the neighborhood. CHS is a pay what you can community news site with no required sign-in or paywall. To stay that way, we need you.
Become a subscriber to help us cover the neighborhood for $5 a month — or choose your level of support 👍
