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SWAT standoff in Gwinnett involving Secret Service ends

The situation ended with one man arrested and another on the run.

SNELLVILLE, Ga. — A SWAT situation in which the Secret Service requested police help in Gwinnett County ended Friday afternoon.

According to Gwinnett County Police, their department was asked by the Secret Service to assist serving a warrant at a home on Riversound Drive in unincorporated Snellville.

"I believe that we were just contacted by the Secret Service and then when I reached out to their representative he referred me to the Newberry County Sheriff's Office," Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Michele Pihera said. 

Officers were looking for two men wanted out of Newberry County, S.C. According to police, 29-year-old Kevis. D. Price had an active warrant for aggravated assault, and 25-year-old Tiyon K. Sanders had a warrant out for armed robbery. 

According to WLTX, Price is accused of shooting into a car with four people -- including 2 children -- inside. 

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Pihera said negotiators were in contact with the suspect for "several hours," beginning in the late morning Friday.

Eventually, Price was taken into custody. 

Credit: Newberry County Sheriff's Office

"After we got the first person in custody, we did a methodical search of the home to include every corner of the home including the attic. After the SWAT team went in and they did a search of the home they found that the second suspect was not inside," Pihera said.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Sanders is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477).

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