CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A police perimeter was set up around a Clarksville hotel Wednesday afternoon amid an hours-long barricade situation.
The Clarksville Police Department said it received a 911 call just after 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2 about an unwanted guest in one of the rooms at Country Inn & Suites in the 3000 block of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.
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According to authorities, when officers approached the room, knocked on the door, and announced their presence, the occupant shot through the door with a firearm. However, nobody was injured by the projectile.
Police said they evacuated the adjacent rooms and the immediate area as they set up a perimeter.
Shortly before 2:30 p.m., officials announced that crisis negotiators were trying to communicate with the barricaded suspect.
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Then, after extensive negotiations, the suspect — identified by police as 61-year-old Keith L. Smith of Clarksville — surrendered at approximately 5:43 p.m. Authorities said Smith was charged with aggravated assault, adding that he will be taken to Tennova Healthcare to be medically cleared before being transferred to the Montgomery County Jail.