ATLANTA — A SWAT standoff has ended hours after police put a southwest Atlanta neighborhood on lockdown.
Atlanta police confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that a “suspect who fled into a home” along Mims Street refused to come out. Police responded with a large presence in the neighborhood “out of an abundance of caution.”
The SWAT standoff came to an end just before 1:30 a.m.
Channel 2’s Cory James was out at the scene Wednesday night and spoke to one woman who got trapped in the neighborhood while trying to deliver food.
“I see police cars. I see the police tape. I see patrons standing outside, wondering what’s going on while I’m trying to deliver food,” the woman said.
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Shortly before 11:30 p.m., our cameras caught two people being taken away from the home in handcuffs.
There were several armored vehicles along Mims Street, with at least one that drove up to the house.
James said at one point he could hear loud bangs like flash bangs coming from the home.
Police have released little information about the person who ran into the home or why they are looking for them to begin with.
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