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I-40 Shut Down In Albuquerque Due To Suicidal Man; Reopens After Several Hours

An Albuquerque interstate reopened after police say they took into custody a man on an overpass threatening to take his life.

East and westbound lanes of I-40 at Wyoming Boulevard were closed about 2:30 p.m. as officers tried to talk to the man, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

Police say the man was taken into custody about 6 p.m., KQRE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1sleM77 .)

Police also told KQRE that the same man has threatened to jump off a bridge onto the interstate before.

Police had set up a security perimeter around the scene. They expanded it to Juan Tabo Boulevard because of disruptive motorists.

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  An Albuquerque interstate has been shut down for nearly two hours because of a man threatening to take his life.

Police spokesman Simon Drobik says east and westbound lanes are closed in I-40 at Wyoming Boulevard.

Officers are trying to talk to the man, who is on an overpass.

Drobik says authorities have set up a perimeter.

They have expanded it to Juan Tabo Boulevard because of disruptive motorists.

Drobik says police are working diligently to safely remove the man from the overpass.

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.