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 custody, KMOV reported, and were attempting to transport the man to his apartment to gather items. That's when the suspect grabbed a sharp object or knife and allegedly cut the officer in the neck.

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

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

“Obviously it happened to one of our own, which unfortunately happens,” Lt. Brock Styninger of the Nashville Police Department told Fox 2. “You know, we're human beings too. happened to one of us, but obviously our next concern besides the officer and his injuries is to take the suspect into custody peacefully and not let him escape to allow someone to other than being put in danger in a hostage situation or something like that. Fortunately, that didn't happen.

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