Man charged after shooting through Clarksville hotel room door, police say

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- A police perimeter was set up around a Clarksville hotel Wednesday afternoon amid an hours-long barricade situation.

The Clarksville Police Department said it received a 911 call just after 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2 about an unwanted guest in one of the rooms at Country Inn & Suites in the 3000 block of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

According to authorities, when officers approached the room, knocked on the door, and announced their presence, the occupant shot through the door with a firearm. However, nobody was injured by the projectile.

Police said they evacuated the adjacent rooms and the immediate area as they set up a perimeter.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m., officials announced that crisis negotiators were trying to communicate with the barricaded suspect.

Then, after extensive negotiations, the suspect -- identified by police as 61-year-old Keith L. Smith of Clarksville -- surrendered at approximately 5:43 p.m. Authorities said Smith was charged with aggravated assault, adding that he will be taken to Tennova Healthcare to be medically cleared before being transferred to the Montgomery County Jail. 

No additional details have been released about this incident.