DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Police say they’ve surrounded a hotel near Atlanta as a man inside is refusing to leave, prompting concerns about the safety of several children inside the building.
DeKalb County Police Major Tonya Dedrick tells CBS46 (http://bit.ly/1PHOxhJ ) that up to 11 children and two adults were inside the room when the situation began around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
DeKalb County interim Police Chief James Conroy tells WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1SwUZux ) the man was armed with a knife and refusing to let the other people leave the room.
Dedrick tells WXIA-TV (http://on.11alive.com/1Pd0ucs ) officers were negotiating with the man, “trying to hopefully resolve this with a peaceful end to it.”
A SWAT team has been called to the rite4us Inn & Suites hotel near in the Decatur area, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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