SWAT standoff in Flowery Branch ends peacefully, suspect arrested after threatening officers
Flowery Branch police and the Hall County SWAT team surround a home with an armed man inside on April 27, 2022. (FOX 5)
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - A SWAT standoff at a home in Hall County ended peacefully and man who threatened officers was taken into custody, authorities confirmed.
Police said shots were fired after officers tried to serve legal papers on a man at a Flowery Branch home on Wednesday afternoon. The man was barricaded inside that home in a standoff with the Hall County SWAT team.
It happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. at a home in the Lake Overlook Lane and Scarlet Oak Way.
The Flowery Branch Police Department said the man, later identified as 30-year-old Jacob Lee Hill, was being served legal documents by officers when he became belligerent and threatened the officers.
Jacob Lee Hill, 30, was taken into custody after a standoff at a Flowery Branch home. (Hall County Sheriff's Office)
Police said Hill pulled out a handgun and pointed it officers.
Those officers quickly retreated and set up a perimeter around the home. The Hall County SWAT team was activated and responded to the scene.
Police said several shots were fired by Hill inside the home, but did not say if they were fired at anyone.
Negotiators worked well into the evening trying to convince Hill to come out of the residence.
Flowery Branch police and the Hall County SWAT team surround a home with an armed man inside on April 27, 2022. (FOX 5)
Around midnight, officer deployed a ‘less-than-lethal chemical agent’ into the home. Approximately 20 minutes later Hill surrendered peacefully, officials said.
Police said no one else was in the house at the time.
The standoff prevented residents in the area from accessing their homes for several hours. "Neighbors were very patient because we had roads closed in the neighborhood and they couldn’t get home until very late," Flowery Branch Police Chief Chris Hulsey said.
No injuries were reported as a result of the standoff.
Hill is charged with two counts of aggravated assault against a peace officer and four counts of terroristic threats.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office and the Flowery Branch Police Department both assisted in the arrest.
He was booked into the Hall County Jail.
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