A Loganville SWAT standoff Wednesday ended without injuries and with one person in custody, authorities said.
Gwinnett County sheriff’s deputies serving an eviction notice were met with gunfire Wednesday morning, Deputy Shannon Volkodav said.
“Upon arrival, they announced themselves and someone inside the home began firing,” Volkodav said, adding that “two shots were fired from inside the home.”
Shortly before 10 a.m., a sheriff’s office SWAT team was called to the home in the 1800 block of Mountain Park Run.
As a precaution, about eight homes in the Haynes Creek subdivision were evacuated and all traffic into the neighborhood was halted, authorities said. Other residents were urged to remain in their homes, said Cleon Vaughn, who lives in the neighborhood.
“It was crazy,” Vaughn told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “They shut down the whole neighborhood.”
The suspect, identified as 54-year-old Kelvin Gourick, surrendered to authorities just before noon, authorities said.
Gourick was being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats and acts.
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