TAVARES, Florida—A woman armed with a knife who barricaded herself in a home Saturday morning is receiving treatment at a local mental health facility, according to Tavares Police Department.
Around 9:20 a.m. Saturday, TPD received a 9-1-1 call reporting a woman was experiencing a mental health crisis, according to TPD Public Information Officer Courtney Sullivan. Officers responded to the 1000 block of Magnolia Circle and found the woman barricaded in a bedroom, armed with a knife and a Lake County Sheriff’s Office hostage negotiator responded to the scene to assist with the incident. Two TPD officers suffered superficial cuts to their hands while securing the woman and were treated on the scene.
“Officers were able to safely secure the female following less lethal action while the female remained armed,” Sullivan said in an email. The woman was treated on the scene by Tavares Fire Department and Lake EMS and later transported to a mental health facility. Officers were still on the scene at press time
