SWAT standoff in SE Atlanta ends with barricaded man in police custody

A five-hour SWAT standoff at an apartment complex in southeast Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood ended peacefully Friday afternoon when police took a barricaded man into custody, authorities said.

The suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Requativous Lupoe, was arrested and faces multiple charges, Atlanta police said. He was booked into the Fulton County Jail, where he remains without bond.

Officers were called to the complex at 600 Martin Street shortly after 7 a.m. for a domestic dispute between a man and a woman, Atlanta police spokesman Officer Anthony Grant told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In response to the officers’ arrival, Lupoe barricaded himself inside.

Police set up a perimeter and asked the public to stay away from the area, though it was not clear if Lupoe was armed.

The woman involved in the dispute was able to get out of the apartment before Lupoe barricaded himself inside, a police spokeswoman said.

Just after midday, police escorted Lupoe out of the apartment. He is facing felony counts of aggravated assault, kidnapping and second-degree criminal damage to property in addition to a misdemeanor count of battery with a family violence enhancement.