TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. — The Towns County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Patrol SWAT and Georgia Bureau of Investigation are at the scene of a barricaded subject.
Deputies said the suspect was taken into custody before noon.
According to sheriff’s office, a child was rescued from the home.
The scene is still active and deputies are asking people to avoid the area around Ashland Cove of Young Harris.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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