{"id":38196,"date":"2022-09-27T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-takes-his-life-at-civitan-park-in-farmington\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:42:51","slug":"man-takes-his-life-at-civitan-park-in-farmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-takes-his-life-at-civitan-park-in-farmington\/","title":{"rendered":"Man takes his life at Civitan Park in Farmington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=128787ad-3319-5157-b8e5-3ba8545f7917&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Blotter lights\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Blotter lights<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Major streets in Farmington\u2019s prime business district were shut down Tuesday morning when police responded to a report of a man who threatened to harm himself, according to city police.<\/p>\n<p>The Farmington Police Department announced at 8:08 a.m. on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FarmingtonPoliceDepartmentNM\/\" id=\"link-7974d0add62c7b6a7f93c8fbdcc371c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a> that a 38-year-old man called dispatchers and threatened to \u201charm himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officers closed an area surrounding Civitan Park from 30th Street to 20th Street north to south and from Butler Avenue to Dustin Avenue east to west.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"naviga-map\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=36.7536786%2C-108.1979117&amp;z=15&amp;output=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Map\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>After a crisis negotiator spoke with the man, he reportedly died from a self-inflicted wound. The man\u2019s name was not released.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Farmington typically releases limited information on such \u201cvery sensitive topics,\u201d said Public Affairs Administrator Georgette Allen, but it announced the incident because it occurred in \u201ca very public location, and it caused a shutdown of the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Affected streets reopened by 8:55 a.m., although Civitan Park remained closed until 10:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-36e9b422d9afa73983154d70183837c5\">The Durango Herald will provide further details as they become available.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">How to get help<\/h4>\n<p>Help for people having suicidal thoughts or for those who fear a person is considering killing himself:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Axis Health System<\/strong>24-hour hotline at 247-5245.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Suicide Prevention Hotline<\/strong>(800) 273-TALK (8255) or text \u201cTALK\u201d to 741741.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RED Nacional de Prevenci\u00f3n Del Suicidio<\/strong>(888) 628-9454.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Crisis text Hotline:<\/strong>741741<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fort Lewis College Counseling Center<\/strong>247-7212.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boys Town Hotline<\/strong>(800) 448-3000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safe2Tell Colorado<\/strong>(877) 542-7233 or online at https:\/\/safe2tell.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colorado Crisis Support Line<\/strong>(844) 493-8255 or text \u201cTALK\u201d to 38255 or online at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradocrisisservices.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.coloradocrisisservices.org<\/a>to access a live chat available in 17 languages. The line has mental-health professionals available to talk to adults or youths about any crisis, 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trevor Project<\/strong>(866) 488-7386. Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth via online chat, text or phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Wind Fund<\/strong>(720) 962-0706. This is not a crisis hotline, but the fund is available to youths who face social or financial barriers to crisis counseling. The organization requires a referral by a school counselor or mental-health professional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Survivors Support Group<\/strong>Heartbeat of Durango meets from 6 to 8 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Grief Center, 2243 Main Ave., second floor. For more information, call Janna at 749-1673.<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Foundation for Suicide Prevention<\/strong>Colorado chapter information available at<a href=\"https:\/\/afsp.org\/chapter\/afsp-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/afsp.org\/chapter\/afsp-colorado\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For men:<\/strong>A website for adult men contemplating suicide, who often are unwilling to seek help, is available at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantherapy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mantherapy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>business, traffic area closed Tuesday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[799,28,29,443,955],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-38196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-farmington","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-san-juan-county-new-mexico","tag-suicide"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83948,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38196\/revisions\/83948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38196"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=38196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}