Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies take suicidal suspect safely into custody.
SUICIDAL SUSPECT taken safely into custody. A man armed with a butcher knife and threatening suicide was taken into custody without injury on the night of Sept. 11. Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the suspect’s home on Markon Boulevard in Santa Rosa Beach. The man appeared extremely agitated as he held a large knife to his throat and repeatedly told deputies on scene he wanted to die by “suicide by cop.” (Photo and text by WCSO)