DECATUR, Ga. (AP) – A standoff at a motel outside Atlanta that involved a number of children ended Tuesday morning with the suspect stabbing himself but no one else injured, police said.
Authorities had surrounded the motel as the man refused to leave a room, prompting concerns about the safety of several children inside, police said.
The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, DeKalb County police Maj. Stephen Fore said in a statement.
The man had been armed with a knife, DeKalb County interim Police Chief James Conroy told WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1SwUZux ). Police later identified him as Korrie Thomas, 36, and said he is facing charges of false imprisonment and obstruction.
A woman and 11 children ranging in age from 3 months to 17 years old were inside the room and Thomas would not allow anyone to leave, Fore said.