FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A suspect is in custody after barricading inside an Atlanta home for several hours on Wednesday.
Fulton County police say they were called to a home on Illinois Avenue NW off Joseph E. Boone Blvd. NW.
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The standoff started when officers with the Animal Services Division were executing a search warrant for aggravated animal cruelty.
At 2:30 p.m., officers went to the home and found a beheaded dog with a machete nearby.
When they came back with a search warrant, Jalen Ward barricaded himself in the home.
After about three hours, officers were able to arrest Wade.
No officers or the suspect in the home were hurt.
Wade will be charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, obstruction and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
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