Man accused of pulling gun on cab driver, causing SWAT standoff in Marietta

A SWAT standoff in Marietta is over, but police told Channel 2 Action News that it all happened after a taxi driver was allegedly threatened with a gun.

The incident started when Jevelious Bryant, a passenger in a Universal Taxi cab, reportedly pulled a gun on the driver after an argument over the fare.

The driver, fearing for his life, fled the scene and called the police.

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“The taxi cab driver was on the phone afraid for his life saying that a gun had just been pulled on him,” Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department told Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell

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