A male died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an Exeter Township residence Sunday afternoon as police and crisis negotiators arrived to try to help him, Exeter police said.<\/p>\n
Exeter police were dispatched shortly after 2:30 p.m. to Longview Drive for a report of a male armed with a weapon and threatening self-harm, police said.<\/p>\n
Police provided this account:<\/p>\n
Officers responded and coordinated with Berks County mental health personnel and trained crisis negotiators. Responders attempted to de-escalate the situation and provide assistance to the individual.<\/p>\n
Shortly after police and negotiators arrived on scene, the male, whose identity is being withheld at this time, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers and EMS immediately attempted to render medical aid.<\/p>\n
The male was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported, and there is no threat to the public.<\/p>\n
Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis or emotional distress is encouraged to seek help. Crisis Intervention of Berks County can be reached at 610-379-2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A male died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an Exeter Township residence Sunday afternoon as police and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,1411,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-97086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-exeter-township","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}