KOSCIUSKO — A police standoff Wednesday evening with a Mentone man ends peacefully in Kosciusko County.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and Mentone Police responded Wednesday evening at approximately 5:29 p.m. after receiving a report of a man potentially shooting inside his residence in the Palestine Lake area.  Officers arrived in the 5000 West block of CR 525S, Mentone, and were advised that a male subject had confined himself inside while threatening “suicide by cop.”  Officers had determined that he had, in fact, discharged a long gun and was holding a firearm near the doorway.   After several officers spoke extensively to the subject via cell phone, he gave himself up to officers without incident, and was taken to a health facility for evaluation. 

Sheriff Deputies stated that information obtained during the course of the investigation at the scene, will be forwarded to the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office to determine if any charges will be forthcoming.  The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by the Mentone Police Department and E.M.S., Parkview E.M.S., Burket/Seward Fire Department, Claypool Police Department and the Indiana State Police.