Gunman takes five firefighters hostage in Georgia: police ATLANTA (Reuters) - A gunman has barricaded himself inside a home in Georgia and is holding five firefighters hostage, Gwinnett County, Georgia, police said on Wednesday. Police were at the scene, and no further details were immediately available, a police department employee said. According to reports cited by WGCL-TV, the firefighters had responded to the home in Suwanee for some type of medical call. Suwanee is about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta. Television footage of the scene showed a well-groomed neighborhood of two-story homes filled with police cars and fire engines. Reporting by Colleen Jenkins and David Beasley; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Steve Orlofsky