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1 arrested after barricading himself inside residence, striking officer in Cherokee County

The sheriff's office said he hit a deputy over the heard before he was taken into custody and booked into the Cherokee County Jail.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas — **EDITOR'S NOTE -- the video attached was produced on July 30, 2022, and does not relate to the story.

One man was arrested after police say he barricaded himself and hit an officer over the head in Cherokee County Monday afternoon. 

According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, the man was barricaded along County Road 1516. The SWAT team located him hiding inside a residence and he began fighting the officers. 

The sheriff's office said he hit a deputy over the head before he was taken into custody and booked into the Cherokee County Jail.

The deputy was taken to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries, the sheriff's office reported.

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