The officers arrived at the scene and forced their way into the home when they were shot, Smith said. The officers did not return fire. AJC ON THE SCENE: Photos from Henry County shooting One officer was struck in the hand and the second was hit in the torso and hip area, according to Smith. The officer struck in the hand was able to assist his fellow officer getting out of the home. The two officers, both in their 30s, have been with the police department for several years. Their families have been notified, Smith said. SWAT negotiators were still trying to get the barricaded gunman out of the home late Thursday, police said. The suspected gunman is believed to have a 16-year-old boy inside along with a woman, who is another family member, Smith said. The teenager is not believed to be harmed, but Smith did not know the condition of the woman in the home. The suspect refused to assure police the two inside the home were uninjured, so officers resorted to firing tear gas into the home around 9 p.m. However, an attempt to enter the home was halted when the suspect fired multiple shots at SWAT officers, Smith confirmed at 11 p.m. No one was hurt, and officers have not returned fire or engaged with the suspect since then. A man on the phone talked to us as gunfire rang out. #standoff #HenryCounty pic.twitter.com/xspgQkgbTl — Christian Jennings (@CJenningsWSB) April 5, 2019 At 11:30 p.m., the suspect remained barricaded as the standoff neared its 13th hour. Neighbors were told to stay away from the crime scene, including Lena Holt, who saw the police presence on her street through her video doorbell. Holt, who lives across the street from the house where the shooting occurred, said she was alerted to the massive police presence about 11 a.m. She was in Marietta visiting her son at the time, but rushed back to find out what was going on. “My Ring went off and I opened it up and I said, ‘What is all this going on,’” she told AJC.com. “And it’s right here on my street. It’s very weird.” Some neighbors have been trapped in their homes, and many told Channel 2 Action News they heard loud bangs and gunfire around 9 p.m. “It was like a bomb went off at first, but now it’s just shooting — a lot of shooting,” Dwight Taylor told Channel 2 Action News on the phone. One of the injured officers was flown to Grady and the second by ambulance, Smith said. Police temporarily blocked I-75 in the area of Hudson Bridge Road as the wounded officers were taken to the hospital. Officers from several jurisdictions have responded to a Stockbridge home where two officers were shot Thursday morning. Credit: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM Credit: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM All lanes later reopened, but heavy traffic delays remained in the area in both directions. Russell Blanding, a resident of Eagle Ridge subdivision, was stuck in his home all day as the standoff played out. He was getting ready to go to work when law enforcement arrived and cordoned off the neighborhood. “It’s sad that this happened, but, ‘Man, we’re on lockdown,’” he told AJC.com. Blanding said he did not know the residents in the home and that they have lived there only for the past six months. He described the community as friendly, but changing, as Henry County — the second-fastest-growing county in metro Atlanta — explodes with new residents. “The demographics are just changing,” he said. “I used to be able to go from here to Gwinnett (County) in no time, but not anymore.” OFFICERS SHOT IN HENRY COUNTY - WHAT WE KNOW: -- 2 officers are being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital -- 1 person is dead inside a home where a gunman is barricaded -- Dozens of police vehicles on the scene THE LATEST: https://t.co/WfpbZaTOre pic.twitter.com/ubAXxIbaHh — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) April 4, 2019 Several nearby police agencies, including Jonesboro and Clayton County, also responded to the scene. The GBI said Thursday it was not called in to assist with the investigation. So far this year, the agency has investigated 27 shootings involving police officers. Thursday’s shooting comes just days after a Union City police officer was shot multiple times Monday evening after responding to a home on Stonewall Drive. Officer Jerome Turner Jr. is stable and recovering at Grady after undergoing surgery, police said. A fellow Union City officer was seen carrying “Get Well” balloons into the hospital Thursday afternoon. RELATED: GBI identifies Union City police officer wounded in shootout It was the second time in four months a Henry County officer was shot in the line of duty. On Dec. 6, Officer Michael Smith was shot while trying to subdue a man outside a dental office. Smith, 33, died from his injuries Dec. 28. Authorities are the scene in Henry County where a man is barricaded inside a home. Six Georgia officers died in the line of duty in 2018, including four in metro Atlanta. Smith was the second Henry officer to die in 2018. In February, Locust Grove police Officer Chase Maddox was shot and killed while assisting deputies serving a warrant. MORE: Henry officer is Georgia's 6th killed in line of duty this year ALSO: Henry County officer remembered by hundreds: 'He saved lives that day.' So far this year, one Georgia officer has been killed in the line of duty. On Jan. 29, Glascock County Deputy Joshua Ryer Jr. was killed in a two-vehicle crash while on the way to pick up an inmate. The 19-year-old had been with the department for five months. Henry County students and teachers are on spring break this week and no schools are affected by the police presence. Some children in neighboring homes remained inside until their parents arrived to pick them up. — Please return to AJC.com for updates.<doc-sep>Friday afternoon, Henry police released body camera footage from the first officers arriving at the scene. White’s sister called 911 after seeing the pregnant woman on the ground in the garage, according to police. Officers saw blood on the driveway and the woman bleeding and unresponsive and forced their way into the home, video showed. Immediately, the two officers were shot. “Shots fired! Shots fired!” an officer is heard yelling in the video. “I’m hit! I’m hit!” another officer says. Officer Taylor Webb was shot in the chest and hip, Amerman said. Webb made it to the garage of the home, where he saw White’s lifeless body. A second officer, Keegan Merritt, was shot in the hand. RELATED: Suspect who shot two Henry County officers refuses to surrender, police say AJC ON THE SCENE: Photos from Henry County shooting ALSO: An expectant mother and her 16-year-old son were found dead WATCH: Fellow officers break garage door to free injured officer Bailey is then heard yelling at officers to not come in the house, warning that he had ample ammunition. “Don’t come in here. Don’t come in here. Do not come in here,” Bailey said. “I got a lot of shots. I got a hostage. I got a hostage.” The hostage was White’s son, Arkeyvion. Though police never made contact with the teenager, he was able to send text messages to relatives, Amerman said. WATCH: Parents speak about pregnant woman and teen son found dead after hours-long standoff -https://t.co/A9AwZohvVc #HenryCounty #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/Ag1YL17iUv — John Spink (@johnjspink) April 5, 2019 Officers negotiated with Bailey for hours, but he refused to surrender. "We tried to do everything we possibly could to bring this to a peaceful resolution," Amerman said. After deploying gas into the home, Bailey again fired at officers and an armored truck, but no one was injured, Amerman said. Around 3 a.m., Georgia State Patrol troopers entered the home and found three bodies: Bailey, Sandra White and Arkeyvion. White was still in the garage and Bailey and the teenager were found in upstairs bedrooms, police said. Outside the home Friday morning, Sandra White’s parents called Bailey a coward while remembering the single mother who worked as a nurse at WellStar Atlanta Medical Center and a teenager with a bright future. Arkeyvion was a sophomore at Dutchtown High School, where he was on the honor roll and played football, his grandparents said Friday. “He was looking to go far,” Kathie White, the teen’s grandmother, said Friday. Sandra Renee White and her son Arkeyvion, 16, are shown in this photo from Sandra White’s Facebook page. Henry schools are out this week for spring break. But grief counselors are expected at Dutchtown High on Monday when students and teachers return, according to a district spokesman. On Saturday, the White family had planned to hold a surprise baby shower for Sandra White, who was due to deliver a baby boy April 29. She had already named the boy Antonio, her parents said. Instead of a baby shower, the family now must plan a funeral. "We're doing the best we can," Kathie White, Sandra's mother, said through tears. "We've got to bury three. It's gonna be hard. But by the grace of God, I know we can do it." — Please return for updates.<doc-sep>Atlanta, GA (30320) Today A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy skies. Low 69F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.. Tonight A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy skies. Low 69F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.<doc-sep>
Two police officers were injured in a shooting at the home earlier on Thursday. HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — Police said a standoff with an armed suspect that began after two officers were shot in Henry County has come to a tragic end. Early Friday morning, police entered the Stockbridge home in the Eagle Ridge subdivision and found three people dead: the suspected gunman, a teenager and a pregnant woman. The gunman died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Henry County Police Capt. Joey Smith. Police identified the victims as 39-year-old Sandra White and her 16-year-old son, Arkeyvion. The suspect was identified by police as 47-year-old Anthony Bailey Jr. Authorities had been negotiating with Bailey since before noon on Thursday. According to Henry County spokesperson Melissa Robinson, officers were called to the home in the Eagle Ridge subdivision in Stockbridge after a woman opened the garage door and saw blood on the floor at about 10:46 a.m. The two officers arrived and made contact with the woman, who said was concerned about a family member inside the home, according to Henry County Police Capt. Joey Smith. The officers forced entry and gunfire erupted. The officers, later identified as Taylor Webb and Keegan Merritt, "likely assisted each other" in getting out of the home alive, Smith said. One officer was struck in the hand and the other officer was struck in the upper torso and hip area. They were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in "serious" condition but are now stable with non-life threatening injuries. READ MORE: These are the Henry County police officers shot in the line of duty Henry County Police officers shot in line of duty 1/3 2/3 3/3 1 / 3 Both have been with the department for about seven years. Both men are in their 30s and their families have been notified, Smith said. The family of one of the officers said he is an Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan. They spoke to 11Alive's Jon Shirek as they waited for news outside Grady Hospital in Atlanta. The suspect was then barricaded inside the home. The suspect told police that he would let the teen go, but he did not. At about 2 p.m., Danielle Woodruff told 11Alive's Jennifer Bellamy that her cousin's 16-year-old son was inside the home and that she'd been told the suspect held a gun to his head, according to Woodruff. Authorities from the GBI, Butts County, Clayton County and Henry County were on scene along with SWAT teams. Smith said that the subdivision was blocked off and most neighbors evacuated the area. "We hate there there has to be a disruption but this is a situation that at any moment someone could be injured,"Smith said. Later in the night, they started opening some of the streets. Around 11 p.m. Thursday, Henry County Police said the barricaded subject was still refusing to surrender and refused to provide proof of the well-being of a female and the 16-year-old inside the residence. Captain Smith said Command made the decision to deploy gas canisters. He added that the suspect did fire numerous rounds at SWAT officers and vehicles, but no injuries were reported. No officers returned fire or engaged the suspect. Early Friday morning, police made a "dynamic entry" into the home and discovered the bodies, police said. A neighbor who spoke with media said that the activity came as a surprise. "It was shocking, my street is very quiet," she said. "This is a very quiet neighborhood." Police activity initially blocked traffic on northbound I-75 at the Hudson Bridge in Henry County but all lanes are now open. EMS units were seen arriving at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. One officer was transported by ground, another was taken by air, Smith said. Smith said that the situation remains fluid and the priorities are to resolve the situation peacefully. When asked about recent violence in the area, Smith said his department is no different than most. "There's a lot going on in the county, but just like any agency we're going to move forward and progress," Smith said. "We'll just deal with it like we do in any other case." ANOTHER HENRY COUNTY INCIDENT Henry County Police has seen a lot of loss over the past year. In December, Officer Michael Smith was shot and killed after responding to reports of a belligerent man at a dentist's office.