An Atlanta man was arrested Tuesday night after trading bullets and 14-plus hours of negotiations with Fulton County police.

Lewis Abram, 25, barricaded himself against authorities trying to serve an arrest warrant, and the standoff was punctuated by an afternoon shoot-out between the man and the Sheriff Department's SWAT team. More than 30 shots were reportedly fired, but no one was injured.

"He was firing a high-powered assault rifle," said Fulton County Marshal Antonio Johnson of Abram. "Shots went through the wall."

The standoff began at 9 a.m. and it was 7:45 p.m. before Abram gave in to police negotiators and was arrested.

The incident began when three deputy marshals went to Abram's apartment on Hollywood Road in The Park at Scotts Crossing apartment complex to serve a warrant against him on a charge of child molestation, Johnson said.

Someone let officers inside Abram's apartment, but the trio retreated and called for backup when they discovered Abram holed up in his bedroom with an automatic weapon, Johnson said.

A woman then fled the apartment.

After officers tried to enter the house a second time at 1:50 p.m., Abram fired on officers, Johnson said. Members of the Fulton County Sheriff's Office's SWAT team returned fire.

Police evacuated about 50 apartments in Abram's building and one next door while police negotiators stayed in contact with him, Johnson said.

"The neighbors were really cooperative," he said. "A situation like that is volatile, and they were outside all day through the heat and rain and heat again."

Abram was taken to the Fulton County jail.

In addition to the child molestation charge, he could face charges for attempted murder, aiming a weapon at a police officer, resisting arrest, and obstruction, among others, Johnson said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate the incident.