Authorities are negotiating with an armed man in a wooded area behind a Wal-Mart in West Brownsville, Washington County, according to an update this afternoon by Pennsylvania State Police.

Police identified the man as John Kerik, 28, of West Brownsville.

"He was released this morning from a mental health commitment. He does have a weapon," said Trooper Stefani Plume, a state police spokeswoman who is at the scene. "He's here in a field next to the Wal-Mart."

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