JPD responds to barricaded individual at north Jackson home

UPDATE:

JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser confirmed a suspect has been taken into custody.

Wiser said there was three-year-old, which was not the suspect’s, in the home at the time of the barricade.

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JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser has confirmed officers have responded to a reported barricade at a home on North Highland Avenue.

Chief Wiser says officers initially responded to a reported domestic situation at the Dodge store, but the suspect in that incident left the business before officers arrived.

Chief Wiser says investigators later found the suspect at a home in the 2900 block of North Highland Avenue, where negotiators were on scene at 4:30 p.m. working to determine if anyone else was inside the home.

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