KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knox County Sheriff's Office said a man is in custody after SWAT teams responded to a standoff in Northwest Knox County.
Crisis negotiators worked to end the standoff after the suspect barricaded himself inside an unfinished church, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
KCSO said deputies tried to serve a warrant to the man near Ball Camp Pike and Schaad Road around 11 a.m. Thursday. Deputies said the man then barricaded himself inside a church that was still under construction.
KCSO had said the man barricaded himself inside a closet with a weapon. After crisis negotiators responded, deputies said he surrendered and took him into custody without further incident.
Authorities placed Amherst Elementary School on lockdown out of precaution.