Man in custody after allegedly stabbing metro-east police officer in neck

A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a Nashville police officer in the neck overnight.

According to KMOV 4, officers were responding to a wellness check and made contact with the suspect down the street from his apartment in Nashville around 10 p.m.

Officers then took the suspect into protective custody, KMOV reported, and were attempting to transport the man to his apartment to gather items. That’s when the suspect secured a sharp object or knife, and allegedly cut the officer on the neck.

The suspect then barricaded himself inside the apartment, according to KMOV. Around 1:30 a.m., members of SWAT and negotiators from the area agencies assembled to end the standoff, which ended just before 4 a.m. Wednesday.

The officer was transported to a hospital in stable condition and was later released, KMOV reported.

“Obviously he got to one of our own, which unfortunately happens,” Nashville Police Department Lt. Brock Styninger told Fox 2. “You know, we’re human beings too. It happened to one of us, but obviously, our next concern on top of the officer and his injuries is taking the suspect into custody peacefully and him not escaping to allow for anyone else to be placed in danger in a hostage situation or anything like that. Fortunately, that didn’t happen.”

According to KMOV, the Nashville Police Department said the suspect, a man in his 30’s, is in custody in the Washington County Jail and could face several charges.