Seven people were arrested after an hours-long standoff with patrol officers and SWAT units ended peacefully Monday afternoon at a northwest Atlanta home, officials said.
Officers responded to a home on Delmar Lane in Adamsville for a burglary call around 7 a.m., Atlanta police said in a news release. Witnesses told officers that multiple people were seen entering the home.
Not long after responding, officers saw a man try to leave the house, but he went back inside when they attempted to speak with him, police said. Officers then shouted for the group to leave, but those inside would not follow their orders.
Officers set up a perimeter and called the SWAT units, police said. SWAT officers cleared the home and took all seven of the people inside into custody without incident more than eight hours after police first responded, Channel 2 Action News reported.
All seven were detained and later arrested, police said. Each was charged with one count of criminal trespass. Police identified the suspects as Michael Young, 54; Herman Young, 57; Kenneth Sloan, 59; Mitchell Hill, 32; Renaldo Stephens, 49; Artielia Lewis, 52; and Christopher Jackson, 36.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
After clearing the house, which appears to be undergoing a renovation, officers could be seen removing valuable retail items from the property, like tools and TVs still in their boxes, Channel 2 reported.
No further details have been shared, and police did not say why such a large group had entered the home. The investigation remains active.
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