A man who barricaded himself inside a home in south DeKalb County with five others, including several children, has been arrested after a SWAT unit forced its way into the house Monday, authorities said.
DeKalb police said no one was injured during the incident, which drew a large law enforcement presence to the Sweet Water neighborhood near Ellenwood. Officials shut down access to the area as police cruisers and an armored SWAT vehicle gathered outside the barricaded home, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Officers first responded to the house on Sweetwater Parkway for a domestic call, police said. Few details have been released about how the incident unfolded, but officers were able to learn that a man was barricaded inside along with five other people. The man fired several shots before barricading in the house, police said.
Three children were able to escape at some point during the standoff, police said. Sometime later, SWAT officers entered the house and removed a woman and an infant. After all five of the unarmed occupants were safe, the man was taken into custody, police said.
The man, who has not been publicly identified, is facing charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
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