Overview

• Police say the episode unfolded Friday morning in Santa Eulària’s Urbanización Siesta after a social worker was forced out and the resident threatened to kill himself.
• Responding officers were met at the door by the man pointing a revolver and warning he would shoot anyone who tried to stop his suicide.
• The Guardia Civil flew a negotiator from Palma by helicopter while GRS units provided protective coverage during the talks.
• Investigators describe the man as Portuguese with limited Spanish who had fought in a war and exhibited post‑traumatic stress sequelae.
• After speaking through the door he exited with hands raised, was detained without force, medically examined, and taken to hospital as social services sought residential placement and psychiatric care.