Man killed with fire extinguisher during fight at Ga. apartments

ATLANTA, Ga. – A man was killed with a fire extinguisher during a fight at a northwest Atlanta apartment complex, according to police.

It happened at the Cortland Peachtree Battle Apartments on Peachtree Road, where police responded to a domestic disturbance involving a separated couple in the midst of a divorce.

A 70-year-old man was sent to the hospital after a SWAT standoff in Augusta early Friday morning.

According to investigators, the man, who was in his 30s, showed up to his wife’s apartment, where an argument escalated into a physical fight involving family members of his wife…

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