Grove City Police Subdue Boy Threatening Himself With Knives

Grove City, Ohio, police intercepted a boy, said to be 11 years old, who was threatening to cut his own throat with knives in the parking lot of a shopping center in Grove City on November 12.

News reports said the boy had escaped from his mental health care facility nearby, ran into a Dollar Tree store, opened packages of knives and threatened responding officers before evading them and running out.

This video shows officers surrounding the boy and talking to him while he held up one of the knives to his throat. Officers were able to sneak up behind him, grab his arms and force him to drop the knives. No one was injured. Credit: Grove City Police via Storyful