North Platte, Neb. - On 01-22-25 at around 7:00 A.M. Officers from the North Platte Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block of West 9th Street, on the report of a subject who threatened a family member with a flare gun and discharged the flare gun out of a window, setting a neighbor’s lawn on fire. The subject hid in a closet and refused to come out. 

While negotiations were being attempted, the subject once again discharged the flare gun into the street, officers were able to take the subject into custody. The adult male was taken to GPH and placed into Emergency Protective Custody.

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 </figure>North Platte Police DepartmentNorth Platte, Neb. - On 01-22-25 at around 7:00 A.M. Officers from the North Platte Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block of West 9th Street, on the report of a subject who threatened a family member with a flare gun and discharged the flare gun out of a window, setting a neighbor’s lawn on fire. The subject hid in a closet and refused to come out. While negotiations were being attempted, the subject once again discharged the flare gun into the street, officers were able to take the subject into custody. The adult male was taken to GPH and placed into Emergency Protective Custody.

Man Arrested in North Platte After Discharging a Flare Gun