Mental Health Crisis: Suicidal Subject Reported near East Chestnut and South Preston

Summary: Police responded to reports of a person experiencing a mental health crisis in the area of East Chestnut Street and South Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The caller, recently released from University of Louisville Hospital, expressed suicidal intent, stating she planned to climb a large building and jump, or lie in the highway. Officers were dispatched to the scene, but no physical description of the subject was available. The subject was last seen walking westbound on East Chestnut. The incident was managed by Louisville Metro Police Division 1 and Division 2, with officers eventually clearing the scene and returning to service.