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Residents in downtown Vineyard Haven on Wednesday around midday likely heard a disturbance. Island police are reporting that they detained an individual near Stop & Shop around 11:30.
Oak Bluffs Police said that the man’s friends were attempting to have him admitted at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital for mental health treatment, before he ultimately ran.
According to an Oak Bluffs police report, officers were dispatched to the hospital and reportedly the individual was running toward Vineyard Haven.
As witnessed outside the MV Times building on Beach Road, three police cars pursued the barefoot man with a loudspeaker blaring for him to stop.
Oak Bluffs police did not release the man’s identity. They apprehended him without any injuries between Stop and Shop and the Steamship Authority soon after, with assistance from Tisbury police.
No force was used and no injuries were reported, police said. The man was transported to the hospital for mental health treatment.