BNPD: UPDATE ON INCIDENT INVOLVING SUBJECT WITH WEAPON IN DEPARTMENT LOBBY

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Benton Police Department officers encountered a male subject with a gun in the Criminal Investigations Division lobby just before 4:30 p.m. Sept. 2. Following negotiations, the subject, 33-year-old Joseph McGowan of Benton, was taken into custody without further incident. No injuries occurred.

McGowan was at the department to speak with detectives at their request about an ongoing investigation but brandished and pointed a gun at himself after learning he was being placed under arrest.

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