PHOTOS: SWAT standoff in Clayton County

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PHOTOS: SWAT standoff in Clayton County

Clayton County police officers responded to gunfire at the American Inn & Suites on Old Dixie Highway on Thursday morning, leading to an hour-and-a-half-long SWAT standoff when the suspect barricaded himself inside his hotel room. He was taken into custody after the standoff ended and no one was injured.

Suspect Kendrick Thomas was taken into custody without incident after an hour-and-a-half-long standoff at the Jonesboro hotel.

Clayton County police officers responded to gunfire at the American Inn & Suites on Old Dixie Highway on Thursday morning, leading to an hour-and-a-half-long SWAT standoff when the suspect barricaded himself inside his hotel room. He was taken into custody after the standoff ended and no one was injured.

Clayton County police officers responded to gunfire at the American Inn & Suites on Old Dixie Highway on Thursday morning, leading to an hour-and-a-half-long SWAT standoff when the suspect barricaded himself inside his hotel room. He was taken into custody after the standoff ended and no one was injured.

Clayton County police officers responded to gunfire at the American Inn & Suites on Old Dixie Highway on Thursday morning, leading to an hour-and-a-half-long SWAT standoff when the suspect barricaded himself inside his hotel room. He was taken into custody after the standoff ended and no one was injured.

Clayton County police officers responded to gunfire at the American Inn & Suites on Old Dixie Highway on Thursday morning, leading to an hour-and-a-half-long SWAT standoff when the suspect barricaded himself inside his hotel room. He was taken into custody after the standoff ended and no one was injured.

Clayton County police officers responded to gunfire at the American Inn & Suites on Old Dixie Highway on Thursday morning, leading to an hour-and-a-half-long SWAT standoff when the suspect barricaded himself inside his hotel room. He was taken into custody after the standoff ended and no one was injured.

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Credit: John Spink

Suspect Kendrick Thomas was taken into custody without incident after an hour-and-a-half-long standoff at the Jonesboro hotel.

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