GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A suspect was taken into custody after police say he called 911 threatening to hurt officers - and possibly himself.
It was another man, however, who first tipped them off that something may be wrong. Around 10:30 a.m., police were called to an abandoned convenience store at the corner of Thompson Mill Road and Pebblebrooke Drive where the man wanted to report an incident between his daughter and her boyfriend.
But before they could finish their conversation with this father, dispatchers got another call - this one from the home where the boyfriend, later identified as 19-year-old Nathan Workman, lives. On the phone, Workman allegedly threatened to shoot officers and commit suicide.
The call led to a SWAT team being sent to a neighborhood off ofThompson Hill Road and Arden Drive near Buford.
"The SWAT team came out, they surrounded his house and after at least a couple of hours, they were able to take him under arrest peacefully," Cpl. Michele Pihera with the Gwinnett County Police Department said.
The SWAT unit arrested Workman around 1:30 p.m.
Police later learned that Workman picked up his girlfriend at a home improvement store in the city of Suwanee. That's when she told police she saw the handle of a firearm hanging out of his pocket. When they got in the car, he allegedly started driving aggressively.
Police said his girlfriend asked to get out of the car but he wouldn't let her. She said they continued to drive around and eventually the vehicle was left at the convenience store at Pebblebrook Drive and Thompson Mill Road. The girl went on to say that they got out of the car and began walking on a trail behind the store and when she tried to leave Workman strangled her until she was close to unconscious.
She told police that they stayed in the woods throughout the night and eventually walked to his grandparents home off Arden Drive. She waited until Workman fell asleep and ran to the convenience store to call her parents --who then called the police.
Upon taking him into custody, police confirmed that Workman had at least three active warrants for his arrest - one of them for motor vehicle theft. Saturday's incident could mean additional charges on to of that. Workman also had an additional warrant out of Hall County for Hit and Run.
Officers were told that Workman may have been on drugs as well.
A woman claiming to be Workman's mother also spoke after the incident casting dispersion on the suspect's girlfriend.
"She was not a perfect person herself and right away they want to cast the blame on Nathan," she said.
Officers consider this case an act of Family Violence, since Workman and his girlfriend have a child.
The SWAT operation temporarily forced the closure of neighborhood roads in the area.
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