Authorities responded to the Rite 4 Us Inn and Suites around 2 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a domestic dispute call from the woman, NBC station WXIA reported. He has been transported to a hospital, the network said on its Twitter account. The children range in age from 3-months to 17-years old.
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The suspect, Korrie Thomas, was in critical condition after stabbing himself in the neck during the incident, DeKalb County Police said in a statement.
Thomas has been charged with false imprisonment and obstruction, police said. Dedrick says the children may be in danger.
CBS- A SWAT team was deployed early Tuesday to a standoff involving two adults and as many as 11 children at a DeKalb County hotel, CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV reports.
The man had been armed with a knife, DeKalb County interim Police Chief James Conroy told WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1SwUZux ).
No one else was injured.
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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 almost five hours, keeping police at bay.
