Police Sgt. Ryan Cummings (visible in the first photo) watches at the top of the hill on 12th Avenue at about 9 a.m. Saturday morning, Dec. 17, as a fellow officer negotiates, further down in the 700 block, with a 28-year-old man who had allegedly texted 911 dispatchers, stating that he was in danger and that someone in the house had a gun and was threatening to kill him.
Police and Sheriff’s deputies responded, shutting…