2 men surrender, 2 kids safe after hours-long SWAT situation in Cobb
Two children under the age of 5 are safe after an hours-long SWAT situation in Cobb County ended peacefully Thursday afternoon.
Two men and the children were holed up in a townhome in the 1000 block of Huntington Trace Drive from about 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Smyrna police told Channel 2 Action News. Cobb County police were also called in to assist after the situation lasted for more than two hours.
#BREAKING Cobb police loading up; called in to assist hostage situation in Smyrna. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/0ONsvBKRWO
— Chris Jose (@ChrisJoseWSB) February 28, 2019
Police responded to the call originally as a domestic dispute, and Channel 2 reported that a man’s estranged wife escaped the home as the situation escalated. Her husband, identified Friday as Munajj Siddeeq, and another man were the two people barricaded inside the home with the kids, according to officials.
Police told the news station the woman and Siddeeq are the parents of the two kids.
#BREAKING High ranking police source tells me the hostage situation is over. Two men surrendered peacefully. Kids are safe. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/tqo82rLVgi
— Chris Jose (@ChrisJoseWSB) February 28, 2019
Channel 2 reported that nearby schools did not release children until the situation was resolved.
As a SWAT team approached the home, the two kids were released, and the men turned themselves in moments later, the news station reported. Siddeeq is charged with false imprisonment. The other man’s name and the charges against him have not been released.
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