Man barricaded inside Atlanta home said he wanted to get into a shootout, police say

ATLANTA - An Atlanta man is in jail after an hours long SWAT standoff Friday morning.

Police say the man barricaded himself inside an apartment at the Martin Street Plaza Apartments in southeast Atlanta. 

Authorities say the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute between the man and a woman at the home. That woman was eventually taken to an area hospital.

Jake Crum lives nearby and captured the moment the SWAT team breached the suspect's apartment.

"We expected it was coming eventually you know we saw them put something on the door and then walk away with the wire, but we were definitely startled when it actually happened," he told FOX 5.

It was around 9 a.m. when he says he first noticed the police activity at the apartment complex across the street.

"No, not what you expect to have your Friday morning be like," he said.

The situation started when an injured woman flagged down police saying the suspect had attacked her and was holed up in an apartment.

A SWAT team responded to a home on Martin Street in Atlanta on Jan. 6, 2023. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

"The incident was actually a situation of a suspected gunman within the location. Immediately our tactical field officers were activated along with our special weapons and tactics unit," said Deputy Chief Timothy Peek with APD.

Once at the scene, negotiators tried to talk the suspect into surrendering.

"They refused and stated they would not be taken into custody and wanted to involve a gunfight with police," Peek said.           

Officers established a perimeter blocking off several blocks around the complex, diverting traffic. After four hours into the standoff, SWAT team members got the suspect to surrender peacefully and took him into custody.

A SWAT team responded to a home on Martin Street in Atlanta on Jan. 6, 2023. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

"He is living and thnere were no injuries to him or the officers and that is what we are always striving to do," Peek said.

Crum and his family say they were relieved the tense situation ended without gunfire.

"Once they blew the door off and no one went inside, he came out it was like good we didn't want anything getting to the level of a shootout, and it didn't so that's good," Crum said.