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Person receives help after barricade situation ends in Shea Terrace in Portsmouth

Police received a call from someone on Sandpiper Drive in need of assistance. That person was barricaded in a home. Officers eventually got the person out.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police said that a barricade situation in Shea Terrace ended Friday with the person who requested help from them getting it.

Portsmouth Police Department spokeswoman Victoria Varnedoe said someone at a home in the 100 block of Sandpiper Dr. called officers asking for assistance shortly before 11 a.m. The person was barricaded inside the home.

Police and other emergency workers were in the area for a couple of hours. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., Varnedoe said the person had come out of the home and was receiving help.

Credit: Amy G.

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