The New York Police Department bomb squad was called in after police say someone threw a suspicious object at a patrol vehicle.
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Police sources believe Hector Meneses, 52, of Queens, is the man barricaded in a auto after earlier throwing a hoax device inside an NYPD patrol vehicle at Times Square. He says the object turned out to include a harmless electrical component wrapped in cloth.
Peter Donald said officers spotted the vehicle matching the one that fled the scene in Times Square Wednesday evening around 2:15 a.m.in Columbus Circle.
Dozens of officers, their guns drawn were surrounding the auto, but the driver, who was also wearing some kind of body armor refused to get out.
An NYPD spokesman said the man appeared to be emotionally disturbed and would not communicate with officers.
The New York Police Department bomb squad was called in after police say someone threw a suspicious object at a patrol auto.
Large numbers of police responded, closing Columbus Circle to pedestrians and traffic.
Hours later police got into a standoff with the man believed to possibly be the suspect in a vehicle at the Circle.
A bomb squad is at the scene while dogs search the perimeter.
Police said the package was wrapped up and was making some kind of ticking noise.
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The investigation is ongoing.
