Police received a call around 1:30 p.m. of a man with a gun in the 1100 block of 32nd Street. When police approached the man, he was on the back porch of a house. The man refused to put down his gun and went inside the home.
The home is a rooming house owned by the Community Services Board. Police were not sure if others are inside, according to Newport News police spokesman Harold Eley.The man exited the house slowly around 3:30 p.m., then started to run from police. Police shot the man with bean-bag projectiles prior to subduing him. Police recovered two toy guns from the man. He was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation, according to Eley. Charges are pending.
