UPDATED: U.S. Marshals, Sheriff's Office Emergency Response at 'hostage situation' on Cane Savannah Road; residents asked to avoid area

UPDATE, 4:15 p.m.: According to Sumter County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Mark Bordeaux, the Monday afternoon incident was "a hostage situation with a barricaded subject, but the hostages have been released.  Authorities remain on scene, and more updates will be released as they are available."

Sumter County Sheriff's Office's Sheriff's Emergency Response Team and U.S. Marshals are on an active scene on Cane Savannah Road. 

Residents are advised to avoid the area on Cane Savannah and Salley Street in Wedgefield where emergency vehicles are located.

More information will be released as it becomes available.