Savannah police respond to barricaded subject after ‘cutting’ incident

Savannah police officers are at the scene of an alleged “domestic-related cutting” Saturday afternoon and surrounded a home with a barricaded person for several hours, according to a WTOC news report.

The incident happened before 4 p.m. at a home in the 700th block of East 49th Street.

The victim of the “cutting” suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the report said. According to a Facebook Live update from a WSAV reporter, the victim was taken to the hospital.

A person was barricaded inside the home until shortly before 6 p.m. Police remain at the scene and Waters Avenue from 48th to 50th streets is closed, the report said.

This story was originally published August 25, 2018 at 5:18 PM.