WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. — A Dalton man was arrested after domestic violence led to gunfire at an apartment complex on Saturday night.
Dalton police arrested Mark Lee Sims, 29, with assistance from the Georgia State Patrol’s SWAT team after a standoff that lasted nearly two hours.
Police received a call at around 7:20 p.m. to an apartment at 2250 Park Canyon Drive about reports of gunfire.
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Police say they initially received information that Sims was in a domestic violence incident, a fight with a woman at the apartment.
They say Sims threatened the woman with a gun and fired at least one shot before she was able to escape.
She called 911 from a neighbor’s apartment.
When Dalton police officers arrived, Sims refused to come out of the apartment.
Because he was armed and barricaded in the apartment, the department called for assistance from the SWAT team.
After about 40 minutes of negotiating with him, the SWAT team entered the apartment and arrested him.
Sims is charged with aggravated assault.
Other charges may be added.
The incident is still under investigation.
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