GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — One person is dead after a SWAT standoff in Green Township Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Green Township Police Department, officers were dispatched to the house for a possible suicidal subject who was violating a protection order in the 3100 block of Ebenezer Road.
Our crews went to the scene, where police and SWAT were blocking off the road and stationed outside a home.
When police arrived, Green Township Police Department Captain Mitch Hall said in a press release that the person refused to come out of the house and had access to firearms.
Hall said SWAT was requested to negotiate with the person and was at the scene for several hours before entering the house.
According to Hall, SWAT located the person inside the home who had died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A spokesperson with Oak Hills High School said the school had to cancel activities due to the large police presence nearby.
The incident is under investigation by the Green Township Police Criminal Investigation Section.
