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Hours-long SWAT standoff in Butts County ends in arrest, one officer injured

On Sunday, police responded to a call about a person screaming in the Fox Hollow Subdivision.
Credit: Butts County Sheriff's Office

BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. — A man has been arrested after an hours long standoff with police in Butts County. 

On Sunday, police responded to a call about a person screaming in the Fox Hollow Subdivision according to the Butts County Sheriff's Office.

They say when police arrived a man shot at police. One officer was injured but it was not life threatening. 

The man then barricaded himself inside the house and a SWAT team arrived to take over the scene. 

Around 8 a.m. on Monday, the standoff ended and the man has been arrested according to a post from the Butts County Sheriff's Office Facebook page. 

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