Child rescued, husband dead after SWAT standoff in southwest Atlanta home, police say

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A SWAT standoff has ended with a child being rescued after a gunman was found dead hours after barricading himself inside a southwest Atlanta home, according to police.

The standoff happened at a home on 136 Burbank Drive SW near the Atlanta Beltline West Side Trail on Thursday.

Minutes after 1 a.m., officers responded to shots being fired at the location, according to police. They saw a woman and a child outside the home and moved them to safety…

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