JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — UPDATE (8/13 at 5 p.m.): A man is in custody after the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said he threatened to burn a home down, which led to a standoff.
According to the JCSO, deputies responded to Ridgeview Mobile Home Park off Old Dandridge Pike in Strawberry Plains.
Sheriff Jeff Coffey said deputies responded to a man causing a disturbance at the home and breaking things inside. While en route, deputies said they learned the man was threatening to burn the house down.
Coffey said deputies could smell gas when they went inside, saying they saw a person with a gas can and lighter in the living room.
Coffey said a family member started talking to the man and was able to calm him down a little. The family member then grabbed the gas can and ran outside, which Coffey said upset the man.
Deputies then shot pepper balls, saying the man ran into a room and shut himself in. Special operations officers were able to "flush him out" and took him to the hospital to be treated for numerous wounds to his neck and arms.