UPDATE:
A short standoff in Bradley County ended late Tuesday morning after the man shot himself at the animal clinic he had occupied on Springplace Road.
The man initially came to the Appalachian Animal Clinic with concerns about a cat but left and returned with a shotgun, according to a release from the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office.
Customers and staff were able to leave unharmed and the Bradley County SWAT team joined deputies and officers from the Cleveland’s SWAT team on scene, beginning the standoff. After a period of phone negotiation with the suspect, there was no further contact.
Officers deployed a robot to enter the clinic and it was determined the man had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the beginning of the standoff. No shots were fired by responding officers.