A hostage standoff that began after a gunman barricaded himself in a Georgia home ended more than 15 hours later with him and two others dead and two police officers wounded, authorities say.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A hostage standoff that began after a gunman barricaded himself in a Georgia home ended more than 15 hours later with him and two others dead and two police officers wounded, authorities said Friday.
Officers made a"dynamic entry" into the Stockbridge house around 3:30 a.m. Friday and found the bodies of a woman and a 16-year-old boy inside the home. They both appeared to have been fatally shot, Henry County Police Capt. Joey Smith said.The gunman, who was in a relationship with the woman, was also found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Authorities have not yet released their identities.
Initially, the gunman told police that he was going to release the teen. Late Thursday, officers fired gas rounds into the home and the gunman fired at SWAT officers. They did not return fire.Minyvonne Burke
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