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Domestic disorder prompts precautionary SWAT response

Police stationed to block traffic from entering a portion of Gadd Road in Hixson, Tenn. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.
Police stationed to block traffic from entering a portion of Gadd Road in Hixson, Tenn. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Police stationed to block traffic from entering a portion of Gadd Road in Hixson, Tenn. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.

UPDATE: Chattanooga police spokesman Rob Simmons said the suspect came out of the home without issue and is in custody.

ORIGINAL STORY: Chattanooga police are investigating a domestic disorder on the 800 block of Gadd Rd. in Hixson.

The emergency call came in at around 4:30 p.m. Police spokesman Rob Simmons said the suspect locked himself inside a home.

Simmons said SWAT officers are responding as a precautionary measure, and negotiators are on their way to talk the suspect out of the home.