A peaceful Clarksville neighborhood was disrupted Monday as police locked down an area in a efforts to apprehend a barricaded suspect, but the situation ended anticlimactically when they determined the individual inside was not who they sought, according to WSMV. The suspect in question, 29-year-old Matthew Epps IV, remains at large, believed to be dangerous due to active warrants for his arrest on charges of domestic assault and false imprisonment, as detailed in the report by WSMV.
Clarksville Police had initially set up the perimeter around the residence at 1300 Sharptail Trail Monday afternoon, which led to McClardy Road being shut down at Peachers Mill Road no traffic could enter, and those who were already there could leave but could not come back until the area was considered safe—this information was shared in a statement obtained by WKRN. Later that evening, officers who had made contact with someone inside the home ultimately concluded the person was not Epps, despite earlier intel suggesting he had barricaded himself there, Clarksville police officers managed the lifting of restrictions, and they allowed residents to return to the area, which was highlighted by the aforementioned source.
“The Clarksville Police Department is requesting that residents in the immediate area near 1300 Sharptail Trail remain indoors if possible and avoid any activity that may interfere with police operations,” Clarksville PD spokesman Officer Scott Beaubien was quoted as saying earlier in the day by Clarksville Now, underscoring the gravity the department placed on the operation to secure this potentially volatile situation…