Man barricaded in house near Atlanta elementary school surrenders after SWAT standoff

A man who barricaded himself inside a home near an elementary school has surrendered.

Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach showed you live on Channel 2 Action News This Morning as officers escorted the man out of the home on Fair Street SW.

Police originally responded to the home across the street from M. Agnes Jones Elementary School around 2 a.m. When officers arrived, they located a man who wouldn’t come out of the home and confirmed that the suspect was armed.

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Channel 2 Action News cameras captured negotiators using megaphones to get the suspect out of the house. Police went into the home around 6:15 a.m. and the man surrendered just after 6:30 a.m.

According to the investigation, the suspect shot at his roommates before barricading himself in the back bedroom of the home.

It is unclear what led to the shots being fired.

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