PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A family member said a man in Paulding County died by self-inflicted fire on Friday morning following an hourslong standoff with SWAT officers.
The SWAT team had been called out to a home Thursday evening after deputies said a man allegedly fired shots at them and at a woman during a domestic dispute.
This started around 6:30 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 10100 block of Buchanan Highway.
Deputies said they were told a male resident chased a female resident to the end of the road and fired several rounds at her. She was not hit, they said.
Someone passing by in the area picked the wife up and took her to a convenience store where 911 was called.
Paulding County authorities said when deputies arrived at the home, the male came out and fired several rounds at them. No deputies were hurt.
They said he then went back inside and did not come back out.
The man's uncle told 11Alive's Maura Sirianni early Friday morning that the standoff came to an end when the man died by suicide.
The uncle described him as a "troubled soul" and mourned for the couple's three children.
"He just had so much to live for, is what's so heartbreaking. And he just couldn't see it," the uncle said. "And some wonderful children, wonderful."