WHITE CITY, Ore.-Police, Sheriff's deputies and SWAT were at a standoff with a mentally unstable man Friday night on Antelope Road.
The 49-year-old man threatened his neighbors, armed with a gun, knives and brass knuckles.
Eagle Point Police, Oregon State Police and Jackson County Sheriff's deputies and SWAT, responded to a call from neighbors, concerned about the man's mental health, just after 8 p.m.
Law enforcement negotiated with the man for two and a half hours, until he was subdued with rubber bullets, on his porch.
Jackson County Sheriff, Mike Winters, said cases like these, show the need for mental health services. "The mental health system in the Rogue Valley is doing the best it can. Statewide, it's broken. People's hearts are in trying to do the right thing, but the funding and facilities and everything needed to take care of mental health crises, has been getting shut down each year more," said Sheriff Winters.
The man was taken into custody and transported to Rogue Regional Medical Center to make sure he was well.
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