SWAT, police officers respond to Naranja home regarding barricaded person

SWAT officers respond to scene of barricaded person in Naranja area. (Mackey, Ryan, WPLG)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ Homestead police are investigating after they said a person barricaded themselves inside a home in the unincorporated Naranja area Thursday afternoon.

According to police, multiple units responded to an apartment complex near the intersection of Southwest 264th Street and 139th Court, regarding a barricaded subject.

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Authorities urged the public to avoid the area as their investigation continues. Homestead police said Miami-Dade police were assisting them with its SWAT team and additional resources.

Sky 10 flew over the scene just after 2:30 p.m. where several SWAT members and Homestead police officers were surveilling the area and standing on the corner of a nearby street.

Police didnā€™t release additional details.


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Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

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