Crime tape blocks the house on Kerry Downs Road in Inverness.A man found unresponsive inside an Inverness home where a young girl was found dead Monday night is being called a “person of interest” by investigating authorities.The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is trying to discern the circumstances surrounding the death of the girl, who was found by deputies after they entered a home in the 5000 block of Kerry Downs Road just after 9 p.m.
Deputies had responded to the house on an emergency call to treat an unresponsive person.
The man was later found in the house after Shelby County and Hoover tactical units went inside.
Shelby County Capt. Ken Burchfield said this afternoon only that the man is “a person of interest.” He remains hospitalized.
Burchfield declined to release any further information.
He said the identity of the girl was still being withheld pending notification of next of kin.