Man with knife taken for mental health evaluation after standoff with police on Park Ave

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation after a tense standoff with police on Park Avenue near Rowley Street.

Officers responded to a report of a suicidal man with a knife at around 9:45 p.m. last night.

Police found a man in his 30s holding an 8-inch knife and a liquor bottle. Police said he refused to drop the knife, prompting officers to use force to disarm him and take him into custody…

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