46-year-old found dead after Bass Road barricade situation

Deputies reported hearing gunshots while executing a search warrant before SWAT entered the mobile home hours later.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 46-year-old man was found dead after a barricade situation Wednesday at a home in the 1000 block of Bass Road, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 2:45 p.m., 41NBC saw several marked sheriff’s office vehicles, unmarked law enforcement vehicles and at least one ambulance at the property. 41NBC contacted the sheriff’s office for information and received a news release just after 5 p.m.

In the release, the sheriff’s office said its Criminal Investigation Division deputies went to the property around 10:52 a.m. to execute a search warrant. Deputies reported hearing gunshots inside a “mobile trailer.”

The sheriff’s office SWAT team and negotiators responded. Negotiators tried to contact the man inside but received no response.

SWAT officers entered the home shortly after 2 p.m. and found the man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the sheriff’s  office. Deputy Coroner Luann Stone pronounced him dead.

His name will be released after his family is notified. The sheriff’s office did not provide information about the search warrant in its release. We’ve reached out for additional information.