Atlanta SWAT standoff: Suspect in custody after armed barricade | LiveNOW from FOX

Atlanta police and SWAT have apprehended a barricaded suspect at the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown where multiple shots were fired Tuesday afternoon. Officials identified the suspect as 70-year-old J. Stevens Berger who they said was staying in the residential section of the Four Seasons, not the short-term units within the hotel. They said he fired at least three different types of guns and may have been armed with more weapons, including knives. A safety perimeter was quickly established, shutting down surrounding streets. FOX 5 Atlanta spoke to witnesses who said the incident felt like something out of the video game "Grand Theft Auto." "We heard ten shots. We walked outside, got everything on camera – the man throwing couches, shooting – Very chaotic, very random. This is Atlanta. This is not a real place," said Khalil Hagans. Another witness said police prevented them from moving anywhere due to the active shooter.

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[mrwest]

Somebody Said He Did It Because The Rent Is Too Damm High

[Trust]

Mental health issues. I bet he's not from Atlanta.

[dtrain]

You don’t get the waste resources and basically hold a street hostage because you can’t deal with yourself. Just to give up in the end anyway. What a waste of time and a waste of life.

[new-era.]

My friend that did 17 years in prison said the funny house isn't a joke that they tame lions not criminals that he'd trade 1 month for 17 years in prison anyday!

[ETHELRED-wd]

Dude goes on a shooting rampage and gets medical help. WTF! Vote Trump and end this madness !

[TravisBerthelot]

Pretty active at age 70. I hope I can breath at that age, much less throw furniture and need dozens of government workers to manage me. Amazing.

[TyBooker-ow]

Theyre eating the cats theyre the dogs

[_JimS]

Atlsantastan just being DemocRats should be TRUMP 2024!!!

[TonyBrasfield-xnzh]

It's good everyone is basically ok ! Now if I may elaborate on the comments they indicated the individual had a mental health emergency so I'm assuming he obtained his sticks illegally ! If he received legally alot of questions need to be asked such as how did he obtain license that's if he had a permit! Yet either way it exposing the fact that what every day Americans are subjected to then got mass amounts of people crossing the border illegally and encouraged adding to a society that's n the stages of chaos and anarchy, , !

[rooksrucus]

I wonder if color was different how would the deescalate technique have gone?