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Former Trump campaign manager Baker Acted after barricading self inside Fort Lauderdale home

Brad Parscale, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, has been involuntarily hospitalized after, officials said, he barricaded himself inside a home in Fort Lauderdale and reportedly threatened to commit suicide.

Fort Lauderdale Police SWAT units responded to a home along the 2300 block of Desota Drive in reference to an armed man attempting to take his own life, at around 3:40 p.m., Sunday.

Bodycam footage showed officers tackling Parscale to the ground outside of his home, as he shouted, “I didn’t do anything!”

 

Officials said Parscale’s wife advised them that her husband was armed, had access to multiple firearms inside the home, was threatening to harm himself and had been drinking.

“I was standing there for hours saying, ‘Give him space. Chill out.’ I look out the window, and then I heard a loud boom,” she told police.

According to the police report, “Candace advised after a verbal altercation, Bradley manipulated his slide to the rear, loading his firearm in front of her. Candace immediately fled [the] residence and stated she heard a loud bang shortly after.”

“He was acting crazy, so I went outside to the backyard and let him, like, show off, and then he was going out to breathe,” she said.

 

The officer who responded to the scene also reported, “I made contact with Candace who stated that Bradley has been stressed out for the past two weeks and has made suicidal comments throughout the week to shoot himself. Candace advised Bradley drinks and he ‘suffers from PTSD.’”

Officers determined that Parscale, 44, was the only occupant inside the residence. Officers made contact with him and were able to convince him to exit the house without incident.

Officials said Parscale was detained without injury and taken to Broward Health Medical Center on a psychiatric hold.

Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, issued a statement Sunday night confirming Parscale is still part of the campaign. It reads in part, “Brad Parscale is a member of our family and we all love him. We are ready to support him and his family in any way possible.”

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