Crime & Safety
SWAT Team Responds To Dedham Home Over Armed Man
The incident along Sprague Street began near 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
![A regional SWAT team responded to a Dedham home on Wednesday night after a report of a person with a gun.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22906546/20220414/074711/styles/patch_image/public/202110-ped-dedham-police-headquarters-ma-gambon-1___14074058737.jpg)
DEDHAM, MA — A regional SWAT team responded to a Dedham home Wednesday night after a report of a domestic incident involving a person with a gun.
Dedham police went to a Sprague Street home near 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after a person there called 911 to report that a family member had threatened them with a gun. The caller, his wife and a child in the home were able to leave safely when police arrived.
Thinking the person with a gun was still in the home, a SWAT team from the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council — a consortium of 45 police departments from across MetroWest and the South Shore — arrived at the scene.
Find out what's happening in Dedhamwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
But after police were unable to contact anyone inside the home, the SWAT team entered and found the house empty, Dedham police said in a news release. Police were still searching for the armed person as of Thursday morning.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.