Police in Council Bluffs deployed protective shields and less lethal, beanbag shotguns in response to a situation at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Tuesday night. Officials say at around 8:40-p.m., officers responded to a report of an armed subject inside Mercy Hospital. The reports indicated that a man — later identified as 26-year old Cirilo Baco, Jr., of Omaha – had a knife inside a room, and had threatened a nurse. Officers arrived and as entry was made into one area of the Hospital, Baca left out of another exit.

Officers at that exit held him at gunpoint until backup arrived. During the investigation it was learned that Baca, Jr. didn’t display a knife, but told the nurse to leave the room he was visiting. Baca, Jr. was charged with Public Intoxication and Disorderly conduct in a place of business.