Photos: I-85 shut down as Gwinnett SWAT surrounds armed man on bus

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The Gwinnett County police SWAT team was trying to negotiate with a man aboard a Greyhound bus who is armed with a gun at an I-85 on-ramp, officials said. The man was taken into custody.

The Gwinnett County police SWAT team and other law enforcement agencies responded to an I-85 on-ramp after receiving reports that a person aboard a Greyhound bus is armed with a gun, officials said. JOHN SPINK / AJC

The scene is at the northbound ramp from Indian Trail Road. The passengers and the bus driver were evacuated. JOHN SPINK / AJC

All I-85 lanes were closed at Indian Trail and Beaver Ruin roads, causing major backups on the interstate and nearby surface streets. JOHN SPINK / AJC

The interstate was shut down in both directions. JOHN SPINK / AJC

Passengers who were on the bus continue to wait as a SWAT team tries to negotiate with a person armed with a gun. JOHN SPINK / AJC

Traffic piled up on I-85 in Gwinnett County behind a standoff between the SWAT team and an armed man barricaded inside a Greyhound bus. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

An armed man who was barricaded inside a Greyhound bus on an I-85 on-ramp in Gwinnett County has been taken into custody. JOHN SPINK / AJC

The SWAT standoff lasted more than three hours. JOHN SPINK / AJC

Gwinnett Police spokesman Ryan Winderweedle said they received the call about a suspicious person with a handgun acting erratically about 9:30 a.m. HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

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The Gwinnett County police SWAT team and other law enforcement agencies responded to an I-85 on-ramp after receiving reports that a person aboard a Greyhound bus is armed with a gun, officials said. JOHN SPINK / AJC

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