The Latest: Standoff in San Francisco prompts evacuations
Police say an ongoing standoff with an armed and suicidal man has shut down San Francisco's Civic Center and nearby United Nations Plaza.
Police spokesman Carlos Manfredi says the man called 911 around noon Saturday to say he was going to harm himself and any officer who came close to him.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2cZLGFS)people in nearby buildings were told to leave and traffic into the area was blocked off Saturday as negotiators try to talk to a man who is threatening to commit suicide.
Manfredi issued a plea to news helicopters to leave the scene out of concern that the helicopter noise was interfering with negotiations and creating a hostile situation with the man.