Man surrenders after tossing fake bomb into police van in Manhattan
Source: Reuters
A New York City man accused of tossing a fake bomb into a police van in Times Square and later barricading himself inside a vehicle in an hours-long standoff was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation on Thursday after surrendering to police.
Hector Meneses, 52, gave up at about 8 a.m. EDT after forcing police to shut down Columbus Circle, a busy shopping area and major traffic circle north of Times Square, through the morning rush hour, a New York Police Department spokesman said.
Meneses, who wore a red plastic helmet and was from the borough of Queens, was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, police said.
He was accused of lobbing a makeshift device into a marked police van in tourist-packed Times Square at about 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday and then fleeing in a gold-colored SUV.
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Actions of a nut job or a dry run gone bad? Both?
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