Crime & Safety
Suspect in Barrow County Double Shooting Reportedly Hospitalized
The man was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center after shooting himself at a Suwanee location, police said.
The suspect in a double shooting that occurred in Barrow County is alive despite shooting himself following the incident.
Suwanee Police were involved in a SWAT standoff with the suspect this afternoon, according to a police spokesperson.
Capt. Clyde Byers said the agency received a call from Barrow County after the double shooting at a residence on Parks Mill Road in Auburn.
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"En route to the address we got word that the suspect was in the front yard with a hand gun to his head and threatening suicide," Byers said in an e-mail to Swuanee Patch. "He eventually did pull the trigger and was transported to GMC in Lawrenceville and is still alive according to the hospital."
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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