More than a dozen police vehicles and the SWAT team Thursday afternoon are at a neighborhood west of St. James Drive after a man threatened to commit suicide, a police spokesman said.

More than a half-dozen loud "pops" could be heard coming from the area of the home about 12:40 p.m., but it wasn't immediately clear what those noises were.

Officials were called about 9:15 a.m. about the incident in the 5100 block of Northwest Ever Road, said Officer Tom Nichols, police spokesman.

Although the man initially threatened to harm police, the "situation has de-escalated," Nichols said.

The man in the home is in "emotional distress" and police are in "constant contact" with him, Nichols said.

Nichols did not know whether the man had a gun.
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