The Brief
- Two people were found dead in an apartment after a welfare check led to a standoff in Atlanta’s West End.
- A man, who had been holding a woman at knifepoint, surrendered to police after a hostage negotiator intervened.
- The deceased were identified as an 80-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman, and their deaths are being investigated as murders.
- The armed man, who is the son of the 40-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital with self-inflicted cuts.
ATLANTA – Two people were found dead, and another woman was shaken up after a welfare check turned into a standoff in Atlanta’s West End.
It started around 2:50 p.m. at an apartment complex off Oglethorpe Avenue near Evans Street.
What we know:…