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SWAT standoff at Rockdale County extended-stay motel has ended

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  August 22, 2024 5:18am EDT
Rockdale County
FOX 5 Atlanta

Standoff over at Conyers motel

A hours-long standoff with Rockdale County's SWAT team and US Marshals is over in Conyers. Officials say the suspect shot themselves.

The Brief

    • The hours-long standoff at the Horizon Extended Stay Conyers motel has ended with the suspect found dead from a gunshot wound.
    • The suspect, who was wanted on a murder warrant, has not yet been identified by authorities.
    • The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office SWAT team and US Marshals were involved in the standoff, initially attempting to serve the warrant.
    • Shots were fired during the standoff, but no law enforcement officials were injured.

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga - The hours-long standoff with the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office SWAT team and US Marshals at an extended-stay motel has come to the end with the death of the suspect.

According to officials, the murder suspect was found dead with a gunshot wound. 

At this time, the suspect has not been identified. 

ORIGINAL STORY

The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office SWAT team is at the scene of a motel off Interstate 20 at the request of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the US Marshals Service in attempting to serve a murder warrant.

SWAT team surrounds Rockdale County motel

The Rockdale County SWAT team was called out to an extended stay motel off Iris Drive near I-20 in Rockdale County after the US Marshal's Office attempted to serve a warrant for murder.

Police were seen blocking Iris Road at the intersection of Old Salem Road SE and Old McDonough Highway. Officials are asking drivers to avoid the area.

The warrant was being served in a room at the Horizon Extended Stay Conyers located at 1385 Old McDonough Highway. It was not immediately clear what led to the SWAT team being called to the scene.

According to the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, shots were fired, but no one injured "at this point," including law enforcement officials, was injured.

The name of the suspect has not been released.

Officials say the situation is ongoing.

FOX 5 is working to gather more. 

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