DECATUR, Ga. (AP) – The latest about a man armed with a knife who is accused of holding 11 children and a woman inside a Georgia motel room for nearly five hours, keeping police at bay. All times local:
11:15 a.m.
Police say a man facing charges of false imprisonment and obstruction held his girlfriend and 11 children inside a motel room for about five hours.
DeKalb County Police Major Steve Fore said police aren’t sure of 36-year-old Korrie Thomas’ relationship to any of the children. He said the children are related to each other and ranged in age from 3 months old to 17 years old.
Police initially responded to the motel in Decatur because of a domestic assault report. After surrounding the motel for several hours, a SWAT team entered the room and found Thomas had stabbed himself in the neck. No one else was injured.
He was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning.
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10:40 a.m.
Police say a man armed with a knife held nearly a dozen children and a woman inside a motel room for about five hours before he stabbed himself.
He has been taken to a hospital in critical condition. No one else was injured.
Police were initially called to the motel in Decatur because of a domestic assault. Authorities surrounded the motel near Atlanta when the man refused to leave a room and let the children go. They negotiated with him without success and eventually SWAT stormed the room.
Police say as they entered, they found 36-year-old Korrie Thomas had stabbed himself in the neck. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning.
Police say Thomas is facing charges of false imprisonment and obstruction. Jail records didn’t list an attorney for Thomas.