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'Shelter-In-Place' Lifted After Gloucester SWAT Team Called to 5-Hour Deptford Home Standoff 'Shelter-In-Place' Lifted After Gloucester SWAT Team Called to 5-Hour Deptford Home Standoff
'Shelter-In-Place' Lifted After Gloucester SWAT Team Called to 5-Hour Deptford Home Standoff A five-hour standoff with a Gloucester County SWAT team and other law enforcement ended peacefully, authorities said. Residents were ordered to "shelter-in-place," reports said. The county Sheriff's Department and Deptford Township police barricaded several blocks.   The unspecified incident involving the  occupant of a home alarmed residents near Hurffville Road. There was never any threat to the public, authorities said. About 2 p.m. on Saturday, first responders were called to the1900 block of Pasadena Avenue on a report of a disturbance. The tense standoff betwee…

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by Jon Craig