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1 dead by suicide, 1 arrested after SWAT standoff at east Macon home

According to Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, the victim has been identified as Sotero Colon, 46.

MACON, Ga. — One man is dead after a SWAT team standoff at a home on Thomas Drive near its intersection with Ollie Drive Wednesday.

According to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, just before 3 p.m., deputies tried to serve a warrant at the home. As they tried to make contact, the people in the house locked themselves inside.

After the SWAT team made their way into the house, deputies found 46-year-old Sotero Colon dead by suicide.

The release says investigators arrested 42-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ayala. She was taken to the Bibb County jail where she is charged with one count of Rape Party to a Crime, and one count of False Imprisonment. She is being held without bond.

This case is under investigation. If you have any information, you can call Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

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