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Department of Children’s Services workers confronted by man with gun

Grundy County Sheriff's Office / Anthony Wiseman, 68, of Grundy County, Tenn.
Grundy County Sheriff's Office / Anthony Wiseman, 68, of Grundy County, Tenn.

Two men face charges in Grundy County, Tennessee, after an investigation into a report that a child was being restrained to a bed with a device.

Grundy County deputies were called to a Canyon Drive home in Altamont on a report a child was being restrained to a bed using a restraint device, authorities said in a department statement.

A man with a gun allegedly confronted officials from the state Department of Children’s Services at the scene.

Authorities said Grundy County’s North Elementary School was temporarily placed on a soft lockdown during the incident.

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