COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A suspect is in custody after Cobb County police’s second SWAT standoff on Wednesday afternoon.
Officers and a SWAT team were called to an apartment complex on Mableton Pkwy. near Temple Circle where a man was barricaded inside.
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The suspect, whose identity has not been released, is wanted for aggravated assault.
Police have not commented on what led up to the standoff.
This is the second standoff that Cobb County police responded to on Wednesday.
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Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell was at a home on Vinings Retreat Pass SW during Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m. where police had just arrested Peter Atemkeng Hicks Njuacha, 33.
They say Njuacha held a family member against their will in the home. After arresting him, police found fentanyl, cocaine and more drugs in the home.
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