Dooly Co. sheriff deputies and the Tri-County Special Response Team were dispatched to Harper's home on the 600 block of Nelson Corner Road at about 7 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene they discovered household items in the yard, along with Harper standing on the porch wearing a bulletproof vest, holding a shotgun, and with several handguns in holsters . A member of his ex-wife's family was loading the property at the time.