Hours-long standoff at Conyers hotel ends in arrest, police say

CONYERS, Ga. — After he spent several hours inside a Conyers hotel room, a man has come out peacefully in a standoff on Tuesday.

Conyers police say a third party called 911 just before 4:30 p.m. and said a friend living at the Intown Suites on Northlake Drive was suicidal.

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When they arrived, they learned there was an adult relative inside the room with the man, who was refusing to come out.

Police identified him as Donovan Ingraham, 48.

Channel 2 Action News learned that just before 8:45 p.m., police were able to get him out of the hotel room and arrested him on charges of terroristic threats.

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Investigators say Ingraham threatened to hurt himself and to shoot any police officer. They also say he had an outstanding warrant out of Florida.

Ingraham called the Channel 2 newsroom and spoke with an employee for more than an hour as she worked to keep him calm.

He said he was a veteran of the U.S. Marines and was inside the room with his 23-year-old son with autism.

He told Channel 2 Action News that he didn’t want to hurt anyone or himself, he just wanted to be left alone.

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