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Woman involved in hit-and-run, man arrested after overnight standoff at Marietta complex

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  September 25, 2023 2:09pm EDT
Marietta
FOX 5 Atlanta

Gunfire leads to Marietta SWAT standoff

A SWAT standoff at a Marietta apartment complex has ended peacefully but left investigators with a number of questions they still have to answer.

MARIETTA, Ga. - New details have emerged regarding the Marietta standoff overnight, which necessitated an evacuation at the Franklin at East Cobb located on Franklin Gateway SE.

According to the Marietta Police Department, officers were dispatched to a hit-and-run incident in the 600 block of Franklin Gateway shortly before 8:30 p.m. on September 24. A woman reported that her vehicle was struck by another, which then proceeded to the apartment complex at 875 Franklin Gateway. The woman followed the hit-and-run driver and confronted her at the apartment complex. Allegedly, the encounter escalated with the other driver striking her in the face and chest before fleeing the scene.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of 24-year-old Amari Monique Perkins; however, she was not apprehended at the time.

Around 10 p.m., officers returned to 875 Franklin Gateway in response to a domestic disturbance call. The caller reported an intoxicated individual screaming. Upon arrival, the person in question had left, and the caller was uncooperative and visibly agitated. Given the absence of a victim and evidence of a crime, MPD officers departed the scene.

At 10:23 p.m., officers revisited the apartment, where the complainant informed them that their front door had been forcibly opened. Nevertheless, the person declined to cooperate once more. Officers were eventually able to communicate with a family member who pledged assistance in resolving the situation. The officers departed once again.

At 11:51 p.m., officers were dispatched to the apartment complex once more due to reports of gunfire. They encountered two individuals who informed them that two men and a woman remained inside the apartment. When these occupants refused to exit, the SWAT team was summoned. Over the ensuing hours, all three individuals inside the apartment were safely removed.

The Marietta Police Department subsequently arrested Amari Monique Perkins in connection with the hit-and-run incident, as well as 23-year-old Roland Cody Lopez. Lopez faces charges of first-degree burglary, second-degree criminal damage, terroristic threats, obstruction, and reckless conduct in relation to the events both inside and outside the apartment.

Both Lopez and Perkins have been booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.