Cops Shut Cobble Hill Streets As Armed Person Locks Self In Apt

COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN — Police spent hours on Tuesday trying to help an emotionally disturbed person who had barricaded themselves inside a Court Street apartment building with a gun, police said.

Emergency responders first went to the 125 Court Street apartment building just before 9 a.m. for reports that someone had locked themselves in a room, officials said.

The person had locked themselves inside the apartment with a firearm and a baseball bat, but was talking to police, the chief on the scene told the public information office just after 12 p.m. Police didn't have any details about who the person was, but said they were alone in the apartment.

The roads around the area were closed down as officers investigated, police said.

The person was taken into custody without any incident, NYPD's public information account Tweeted around 2:30 p.m.

The incident had caused chaos earlier in the day when bystanders began posting online that there was an active shooter in the building — or even in the nearby Trader Joe's.

But the NYPD's public information Twitter account clarified that there had been no shots fired and that there is not an active shooter.

The local precinct also confirmed that reports of an active shooter are false.

The situation is still under investigation, police said.

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