DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police arrested a man after a barricade situation came to an end in a DeKalb County neighborhood on Saturday.
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DeKalb police said the domestic situation began at about 4:14 a.m. Saturday at Lown Farm Lane.
Officers were told two people were inside the home, and a man had fired a shot outside the home.
Authorities said officers with the DeKalb County Police Department SWAT worked for hours to get the situation safely resolved. A woman left the home, but the man refused to surrender, police said.
Police used chemical agents to get the man to come out.
Quaveon Banks, 31, was arrested. He was taken to the hospital after he told officers he’d ingested an illicit drug.
Banks faces charges of domestic violence - battery, reckless conduct and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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