Cobb County

Suspect barricaded inside home in Cobb County neighborhood, police say

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Law enforcement officers have detained a woman after she barricaded herself inside a home in a Cobb County neighborhood.

Video shared with Channel 2 Action News shows more than a dozen officers in the Silverton neighborhood on Silverton Trail off of Riverside Pkwy. on Thursday afternoon.

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The sheriff’s office confirmed to Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell that the domestic violence unit went to the home to serve a temporary protective order.

They say she experienced a mental health situation and barricaded herself inside the home.

SWAT teams had to breach the door to get her out.

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She made threats towards deputies, but no weapons were found.

She was detained and will be taken to a medical facility.

Her identity has not been released.

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