Hilton Head man surrenders to police after barricaded standoff following domestic incident
By Sofia Sanchez and
Jake Shore
A Hilton Head Island man surrendered to police on Thursday afternoon after an hours-long standoff following a domestic violence incident.
Thomas Akeem Bryan III, 33, of Hilton Head was charged with domestic violence in the second degree and kidnapping, according to Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Bob Bromage.
Beaufort County Sheriff’s deputies including the SWAT response team are at OakView at Sterling Pointe Drive and Oakview Road on Thursday, April 29, 2021, on Hilton Head Island for a man barricaded inside a home. Drew Martin
Bryan barricaded himself and a woman inside the home on Rasta Drive. A negotiator with the Sheriff’s Office “established contact” with Bryan, and he let the woman come out after nearly two hours.
She was taken to Hilton Head Hospital, where she was still being treated on Thursday afternoon.
The negotiations to get Bryan to leave the home were unsuccessful, however, and Bromage said a tactical team “apprehended” him around 2:30 p.m.
Bryan was taken to the Beaufort County Detention Center.
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This story was originally published April 29, 2021 at 3:36 PM.
Sofia Sanchez is a breaking news reporter at The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. She reports on crime and developing stories in Beaufort and its surrounding areas. Sofia is a Cuban-American reporter from Florida and graduated from Florida International University in 2020.
Jake Shore is a senior writer covering breaking news for The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. He reports on criminal justice, police, and the courts system in Beaufort and Jasper Counties. Jake originally comes from sunny California and attended school at Fordham University in New York City. In 2020, Jake won a first place award for beat reporting on the police from the South Carolina Press Association.
