By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

Local emergency personnel responded to KVC Wheatland Hospital on Tuesday after a patient threatened to jump off the roof.

According to the Hays Police Department, emergency responders were dispatched, just before 8 p.m. to the 200 block of West Seventh, to reports of a juvenile threatening to jump off the roof.

The Hays Police Department responded, along with personnel from the Hays Fire Department, Ellis County EMS, Ellis County Sheriff’s Office and the Fort Hays State Police Department.

KVC staff were able to gain the cooperation of the 17-year-old female and she returned to the hospital uninjured at approximately 8:37 p.m., according to the Hays PD.

The 200 block of Eighth was shut down for approximately 40 minutes during the incident.