Domestic Dispute Leads To SWAT Standoff Near Norcross: Report

NORCROSS, GA — A Norcross-area man turned himself in to the Gwinnett County police Thursday afternoon following a SWAT standoff at his apartment, according to media reports. Jamal Alexander, 26, was charged with aggravated assault and simple battery, and is being being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Jail, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The charges stem from a domestic violence incident Thursday morning at an apartment on Preston Lake Drive just outside of Norcross, according to a police report. Alexander shared the apartment with an unidentified woman and their infant son.

The woman called police at about 7 a.m. after she was forced to run from the apartment following a physical battle with Alexander, leaving their son inside, the AJC reported. She told police that Alexander tried to choke her with a pillow and pulled a gun on her.

Officers and a SWAT team waited outside the apartment for about two hours and tried to contact Alexander inside, the police report stated. Then they entered the dwelling, but did not find him.

The police said they believed that Alexander fled from the apartment just before they arrived.

In searching the apartment, they found the infant boy, safe and sound, and returned him to his mother. He did not sustain any injuries, the AJC reported.