SWAT arrests armed suspect barricaded with minors in Ellenwood home
4000 block of Sweetwater Parkway in Ellenwood, Georgia.
ELLENWOOD, Ga. - A man is in custody after a standoff with SWAT Monday morning. DeKalb County police say the armed man barricaded himself in a home in Ellenwood with minors, including an infant.
Police responded to the "domestic situation" in the 4000 block of Sweetwater Parkway at 11:30 a.m.
They were told a man discharged a firearm multiple times before holing up in the house with five other people. Three of those people were juveniles who managed to escape before police arrived.
The SWAT team was able to free a remaining woman and her infant.
The suspect, who has not yet been named, was taken into custody without incident. He was charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
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