A man who Boston Police say was apparently intent on committing “suicide by cop” was talked out of his intentions by Boston Police officers during an intense, early-morning exchange near Fields Corner on Sunday (Oct. 5).

According to a BPD account of the incident, officers alerted to shots fired near Geneva Avenue and Westville Street around 1:30 a.m. found a 24-year-old man walking away from the scene “with the butt of a firearm protruding from the left pocket of his jacket.” He initially ignored police commands to stop.

The BPD account continues: “While officers had him at gunpoint, the man became emotional and started to communicate his suicidal ideations with officers. Officers recognized his fraught emotional state and started using de-escalation tactics in an attempt to disarm the man. It was at this time that the man removed the firearm from his pocket and aimed it at his own head.”

Officers eventually persuaded him to drop the weapon. He was arrested and then “treated at a local hospital before being processed without further incident.”

Police say that the Glock handgun he had was loaded with 25 9mm rounds in an extended magazine with one in the chamber. He’ll face charges in Dorchester court this week.