OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Oak Ridge police took a suspect into custody Wednesday after SWAT and negotiators responded to a barricade situation with a potentially armed man at Tara Hills Apartments.
According to the city of Oak Ridge, a man believed to be armed barricaded himself inside one of the apartments off Emory Valley Road around 11 a.m.
Officers said the situation began after the suspect made serious threats to family and others, including his wife. The man was alone in the apartment when officers responded, ORPD said.
Authorities said they closed off the area in front of the apartment so SWAT and Oak Ridge Police Department negotiators could respond.
Police evacuated the building before a crisis team peacefully defused the situation by talking with him over the phone. Officers took him into custody after he surrendered around 3 p.m. ORPD said no one was hurt in the incident.
Officers identified the man as Glen Duncan, 28. ORPD said he is being charged with aggravated domestic assault and possession of a prohibited weapon, saying they took him to the Anderson County Detention Facility.
ORPD said they found a gun in the apartment.
Oak Ridge Schools said it was aware of the incident, saying it would not drop off any students at or around the apartment complex until the situation was over. It said it notified affected parents that they would need to pick up their students from school. Students who don't live in the vicinity of Tara Hills Apartments were taken home as normal.