ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Investigators with the Orangetown County Sheriff’s Department are working to resolve a welfare check that resulted in a standoff Wednesday afternoon.

“We’re taking every precaution to bring this to a positive conclusion,” the sheriff said. “This was just a welfare check, and now it’s been made into something more.”

Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said that Orangeburg County Sheriff’s investigators were called to a residence on the 4000 block of Bamberg Highway on Wednesday afternoon for a welfare check.

Deputies said the result ended in a standoff with a resident at the home.

Law enforcement is telling drivers to use alternate routes to avoid any congestion in the area.

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