Woman accused of killing man, found hiding in attic after SWAT situation in Clayton County

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Neighbors say police and a SWAT team spent six hours trying to convince a murder suspect to surrender. People who live on Fielding Way in Clayton County says the ordeal kept them up all night and forced some to miss work.

Zanita Abina was shocked to learn that police arrested her neighbor for murder.

Abina says she woke up and heard cops on loudspeakers and flashbangs around one in the morning and didn’t know what was going on.

“I thought it was someone’s TV. I walked out my room. I was like turn that TV down. I was like turn it down. I’m trying to go to sleep,” Abina explained to Channel 2′s Tom Jones.

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She soon learned it wasn’t the TV. She found out this was real.

Police say they went to the home to arrest 25-year-old Oni Hart on murder charges. She’s accused of shooting and killing 47-year-old Andre Farrier at the Redwood Ridge apartments Thursday after the two had a disagreement.

Officers say they called out the SWAT team when Hart refused to come out.

Brandon Kines says his surveillance video system captured police trying to get Hart to come out.

“We would like you to come out with your hands up,” you could hear an officer say on the video.

You can also hear flashbangs fired into the home.

“They threw at least 4 flashbangs,” Kines said.

Police say they eventually found Hart hiding in the attic.

“When she got out right, she looked like so scared,” Abina noticed.

Kines says he couldn’t go to work because of all the police activity. He never thought something like this would happen to his neighbor.

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“It’s crazy. It’s crazy. You never know what your neighbor is going through,” he said.

Hart faces murder, aggravated assault, prostitution, obstruction of an officer and possession of a firearm during a felony.

Clayton County police say this was their first murder of the new year. They solved it within 24 hours.

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