Shelter-in-place in Seekonk neighborhood lifted, situation ‘safely resolved,’ police say

For roughly four hours on Sunday, police asked residents in the area of Colt Drive in Seekonk to shelter-in-place and avoid the area.

Responding officers were trying to “assist a person experiencing a mental health crisis,” police said.

The situation that involved police shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon was, hours later, “safely resolved” and the shelter-in-place advisory was lifted by 7 p.m., police said.

Police said the situation was contained to a single residence on Colt Drive.

“This is contained to a single residence on Colt Drive. We are tying (sic) to assist a person experiencing a mental health crisis. We are working to bring this to a safe resolution. We ask that residents in the area continue to shelter in place and others remain away,” police said in one of several social media posts on Sunday.

Police would not immediately provide further details on the situation.

Earlier, shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, police issued a public alert asking residents to shelter-in-place “until further notice.”

“Please avoid the area,” police said.

Seekonk is a town in Bristol County, on the Massachusetts border with Rhode Island. The town’s population was 15,531 at the 2020 census.

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