CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A wanted man is in custody after a massive standoff shut down a busy interstate for hours.
But before that, authorities said that suspect, Timothy James O'Neil,threatened his girlfriend's life, hundreds of miles away in Nebraska.
U.S. Marshals said O'Neil and his girlfriend were involved in some sort of argument there before he got in his car and drove to the Atlanta area where he allegedly said he was "taking his gun to shoot up a Walmart." Authorities aren't sure which store he was referring to.
Marshals got wind that his journey took him to his sister's Bimini Road home in Forest Park, just off I-75, so they followed him to try and serve a warrant for his arrest for allegedly making terroristic threats.
Instead, O'Neil ended up in a standoff with officers for hours after firing off 10 rounds at Marshals. No one was hit.
Police response to house
The SWAT standoff with O'Neil lasted from nearly noon until 3 p.m., when a robot entered the home around 2:42 p.m. Roughly 10 minutes later, O'Neil walked out of the home, and officers took him into custody. Police said at no time were there any hostages.
The standoff brought traffic on I-75 to a standstill as officers worked to get O'Neil out of the home. It also forced nearby schools adjust their dismissal plans out of an abundance of caution.
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