A shelter-in-place order that lasted hours in a Fayetteville subdivision ended with one man arrested and another person dead Tuesday after police entered the home that was at the center of a SWAT standoff.

Authorities announced that the incident in the Woodbyne subdivision off White Road was over just before 2 p.m., Channel 2 Action News reported. The victim, who was not identified, was found with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police. Officials have not said if the wound was self-inflicted.

When police arrived, a group of nine people exited the house but refused to cooperate with investigators, Channel 2 reported. One of the men in that group was arrested after the house was cleared, police said.

Officials did not share the man’s identity or charges but told Channel 2 that the suspect remained uncooperative.

A police spokesman told Channel 2 that the situation began with a 911 call from the home. When officers responded, the group exited the home and one person remained inside. Fayette County officials asked neighborhood residents to shelter in place just before 9 a.m.

The shelter-in-place order remained in effect for several hours as a SWAT unit responded. Police eventually sent a robot into the home for further investigation and discovered the person who remained inside was dead, a spokesman said. With the robot’s help, the house was cleared and the lockdown lifted around 2:15 p.m.

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