Atlanta, GA
Police standoff underway in southwest Atlanta neighborhood
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Police are on the scene of a tense standoff in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood.
Officers were called to the area between 2 and 3 a.m. and when they arrived, a man fired shots into the air. He has now barricaded himself inside a home on the 1000 block of Katherwood Drive SW.
Atlanta police and Fulton County deputies are working to get the man to surrender. An Atlanta News First crew at the scene reported hearing an officer on a megaphone asking someone to come out with their hands up.
No injuries have been reported at this time.
Police currently have several blocks around Katherwood closed. Avoid the area.
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