A person barricaded themselves inside a South Miami-Dade apartment complex, catapulting a tense standoff with police officers and a SWAT team.
Around 1:20 p.m., officers — and Miami-Dade Police’s SWAT team — were called to a home in the area of Southwest 138th Road and 260th Street near Naranja, Homestead police told the Miami Herald. The reason that the identified person is barricading themselves is unclear.
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A possible negotiator could be heard speaking to them, though the talking was interrupted by brief, loud, unidentifiable bangs.
Shortly after, police resumed communicating with the barricader through a megaphone.
This report will be updated as more information becomes available
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