Redding Police Seize 15 Guns From Suicidal Man's House

Fifteen firearms were seized by police after a Redding man threatened to commit suicide at his residence on Goodridge Road.

According to police, officers responded to the residence on March 5 at 7:52 p.m. after a woman reported to police a man had threatened to commit suicide. While she was on the phone, the man discharged a round in the house.

When Redding Police arrived on scene, the woman escaped unharmed. Police then called in help from Danbury. That department sent a full SWAT team and assisted in getting the man out of the house unharmed.

Police Chief Douglas Fuchs said the department “seized approximately 15 firearms from the house,” including rifles, shotguns, handguns and a semiautomatic shotgun.

“I had never seen one before,” Fuchs said of the semiautomatic shotgun.

Fuchs said all of the guns appeared to be owned legally.

The case remains under investigation.

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Redding Police were unable to locate a vehicle that was being driven by someone who allegedly pointed a gun at a residence on March 9.

According to police, the driver allegedly headed into Redding from Weston, but neither police department was able to locate it.