SWAT searches Richland duplex

Richland police are release few details about a tactical team search of a duplex on Perkins Avenue on Tuesday morning.

Tri-City Regional SWAT officers broke in a door about 10 a.m. Tuesday but no one was inside, said Cerise Peck, Richland police’s crime prevention specialist.

A short time later, SWAT team members pulled away from the scene and Richland crime scene investigators began searching the home.

Peck did not have details about what the search is related to.

While it’s not clear how it is connected, Richland police had someone related to the investigation in custody, according to reports by officers on the scene.

The person was taken to jail around 3 p.m.

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This story was originally published January 30, 2018 at 10:47 AM with the headline "SWAT searches Richland duplex."