An emergency alert sent out to residents across Greater Cincinnati Saturday afternoon is related to a SWAT standoff in Deerfield Township, a Warren County dispatcher confirmed to The Enquirer.
A dispatcher confirmed officers are still on the scene of what was described as a SWAT standoff in Deerfield Township around 12:30 p.m. July 26.
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office said the incident is isolated and the alert was sent out to “unintended areas.”
“We have an active incident in the Landen area of Deerfield Township, where an emergency alert inadvertently went out to unintended areas,” the sheriff’s office said in a July 26 post on X. “There is no threat to the community and this is an isolated incident.”
Those living in the Woodfield development in Deerfield Township, past Exit 19 off Interstate 71, are asked to shelter in place until further notice.
This story will be updated.
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