An incident in Stuart late Tuesday night ended with no injuries being reported. Stuart Police said on their social media page, that “Officers with the Stuart Police Dept., Adair, Dallas and Guthrie Co. Sheriff’s Office and Iowa State Patrol responded to a report of a suicidal person barricaded in a hotel room in the 1200 block of S. Division St. The subject, who had claimed he was armed with a handgun had made threats that he was going to harm himself and Officers. After approximately 2 hours of negotiating, the subject came out of the room peacefully without incident. The adult male was transported to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines for psychiatric treatment.”

Stuart Police thank those agencies who assisted in handling the situation successfully, saying “In small rural communities it often takes several agencies to handle incidents like this and it’s nice to know that when necessary we all work so well together.”