Update: The DeForest Street apartment building of a man detained at the police station earlier was cleared about 10:30 p.m. by the Seymour Fire Department and EMS personnel after police found “nothing of any immediate concern” there, according to First Selectman Kurt Miller.
Police remained on scene to investigate, Miller said. Residents have been allowed back into the building.
Original story continues below:
State police bomb squad members are investigating an apartment on DeForest Street, based on “concerning” statements a resident made to police Wednesday evening.
The statements first prompted a bomb scare at the Seymour Police Department, at about 6:45 p.m.
A man who lives at the Fallview Apartments on DeForest Street parked his car at the Seymour Police Department on Franklin Street at about 6:45 p.m., according to Sgt. David Parratt.
He walked inside and made alarming statements to police officers, which prompted them to call the state police bomb squad.
State police and Seymour police determined there was nothing dangerous about the car in the Seymour Police Department parking lot by about 9:30 p.m.
But based on the statements the man made, police decided to search his apartment on the second floor of 25 DeForest St. as well, Lt. Paul Satkowski said at the scene.
PHOTO: Ethan Fry Police at the DeForest Street apartment building.
Some residents in the apartment building had been removed by police as a precaution, according to police.
The Seymour Ambulance Association’s three ambulances were also at the scene on standby throughout the incident.
Police have not said what exactly the man said to them to cause the bomb scare.
The man was restrained at Seymour Police Department, and taken to a hospital for medical evaluation, police said.
His name has not been released.
The original story as of 8:33 p.m. is posted below:
Seymour police and the state police bomb squad are investigating a suspicious car parked outside of the Seymour Police Department on Franklin Street.
Seymour Police Lt. Paul Satkowski said a man parked the car then walked into police headquarters and “divulged some information to officers that was concerning.”
Satkowski did not specify what that information was, but said the department was investigating along with the state police.
Satkowski said police have “isolated the area” around the car.
“We’re erring on the side of caution,” he said. “There is a potential danger, but we don’t know the severity of it at this time.”
At about 8:45 p.m., a police officer dressed in a protective suit entered the a black sports car parked outside the department and took something out, according to Brian Goodwin, who watched from outside Dewey’s Pub, a short distance away.
The drama started sometime after 7 p.m. after the man parked his car in the visitor’s parking lot outside the department.
There is also a collection of police officers and fire department trucks near Auto Zone in downtown Seymour as well.
First Selectman Kurt Miller referred comments to Satkowski.
This story will be updated with more information when it becomes available.
