FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A tense situation unfolded at a home owned by Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, after his wife called police to say that Parscale had guns and was threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police said Sunday night.
Police were called to a home in the 2300 block of Desota Drive in the Seven Isles community of Fort Lauderdale on Sunday afternoon. Records show that the home is owned by Bradley and Candice Parscale.
Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Karen Dietrich said the encounter at Brad Parscale's home was brief.
"We went out and it was very short. We went and got him help."
Dietrich said he didn't threaten police and he went willingly under Florida's Baker Act, which allows police to detain a person who is potentially a threat to himself or others. He was taken to a hospital, she said.
His wife contacted police, worried that he was suicidal and had firearms.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said he received a text message saying that there was a SWAT team standoff at Parscale's home.
"It was indicated to me that he had weapons," Trantalis said.
Trantalis could not confirm it was the same Parscale associated with Trump but said he knows Trump's former campaign manager does have a home in Fort Lauderdale.
"Politics aside, this fellow obviously suffers from emotional distress," said Trantalis, a Democrat. "... I'm glad he didn't do any harm to himself or others. I commend our SWAT team for being able to negotiate a peaceful ending to this."
