SAN FRANCISCO -- A shelter-in-place advisory in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood Monday morning was prompted by a suicide attempt but the advisory has since been lifted, police said.
The city's Department of Emergency Management wrote on Twitter at 11:18 a.m. about police activity in the area of Oak Street between Webster and Buchanan streets and advised people to avoid the area or shelter in place.
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Police spokeswoman Officer Giselle Talkoff said shortly before noon that the police activity was related to a suicide attempt but that the person has since been taken into custody and the area is being reopened to the public.