Authorities blocked off South Kentucky Avenue for over two hours after a theft led a man to barricade himself in an apartment building on Friday afternoon.
Hopkinsville Police say the man barricaded himself inside the apartment building after taking someone’s jacket then holding what appeared to be a knife to his own throat.
The area was quickly blocked off by law enforcement and police say officers trained in hostage negotiation talked with the man who after over two hours exited the building and was taken into custody.
Everyone else in the building, which has been converted into apartments, was evacuated.
Police say the man claimed to have been armed and did not live in the building.
The man was taken by Hopkinsville EMS to the hospital to be checked out. His name along with a full list of his charges, has not been released.
