- A Thursday Update revealed new information about a major police presence earlier this week on the 700 block of 4th Street.
- Police surrounded house in the 700 block of Fourth Street and were calling for someone to come out.
- Video shows SWAT vehicles and police cars, SWAT officers firing into house, man led by police away from house.
THURSDAY UPDATE:
Jackson police leaders told me on Thursday that they were called after a disturbance at the party store on the corner of Fourth and Franklin.
They say a man was reportedly brandishing a gun, arguing with a woman.
Information then led police to the house on Fourth Street.
Since a weapon was reported, they received permission to use their special unit and a warrant was obtained to search the home.
Police say the man was discovered to be hiding in attic. He allegedly produced a knife and threatened to kill himself.
Tear gas was fired into the house, and negotiators persuaded him to surrender.
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Tuesday evening police escorted a man out of a house they had surrounded for much of the day.
After having their street blocked all day by police cars and SWAT vehicles, neighbors can breathe a sigh of relief that things appear to have ended peacefully.
Neighbors tell me police began arriving Tuesday morning. Brent Hudson says he was here when it started.
Brent Hudson, Neighbor: "I saw a guy walk down the street with a handgun and then we saw the police collect down there. And I told them what I saw and they kind of just pulled up and started watching the place."
By mid-day, police had surrounded the home and were calling for someone inside to come out.
James Warner, Neighbor: "They took quite a bit of time trying to plan and make a decision on what was going to be the easiest way."
I saw SWAT officers coming in and out in gas masks after what looked like teargas was fired inside the home. Later in the evening, law enforcement appeared to walk someone out of the home.
Police told me that more information will be provided Wednesday.
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