A hostage situation in Georgia that lasted nearly 20 hours reportedly ended early Friday with three deaths and two wounded police officers. The alleged gunman, a teenager and a pregnant woman were found dead inside a house in Henry County after an exhausting standoff with police that began early Thursday, Atlanta station WSB-TV reported. 2 GEORGIA POLICE OFFICERS SHOT, SUSPECT BARRICADED WITH 16-YEAR-OLD HOSTAGE, OFFICIALS SAY Police confirmed to a WSB reporter that the alleged gunman killed himself. It wasn’t clear when the pregnant woman, whom family members said was the gunman’s girlfriend, and her 16-year-old son were killed, according to the reporter. On Thursday morning, two police officers were wounded in a shooting as the suspect remained barricaded inside the home with at least one hostage, the Henry County Police Department said in a news release. The officers were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital “in serious condition,” police said in the release. Smith later said they were “stable” and were expected to survive. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Police had said they “do not want to make a dynamic entry into the home," hoping to “wait as long as we can” as negotiations with the alleged gunman continued through Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether police had tried to force entry into the home or if negotiations with the alleged gunman broke down overnight. The Associated Press contributed to this report.<doc-sep>In an interview with WAGA-TV , Anetria White said she was the one who called 911 when she went to the home and saw blood. The 911 call and the account of blood on the garage floor is what initially prompted officers to be dispatched to check on the residents, authorities have said.<doc-sep>And he wasn’t done. When officers entered White’s Eagle Court home, they found three bodies: White, her 16-year-old son, Arkeyvion, and Bailey. Investigators believe he killed the mother and son before turning the gun on himself. According to family members, White had asked Bailey to leave her home, but he refused. The ordeal began Thursday when a relative called 911 to report possible violence in the home, according to Capt. Joey Smith with Henry police. When two officers arrived and entered the home, both were shot. April 5, 2019 Stockbridge: Kathie and Johnny White, parents of deceased daughter, Sandra White said they were planning a baby shower on Saturday. Police work the crime scene in the 300 block of Eagle Way in Stockbridge Friday morning, April 5, 2019 where an hours long standoff ended tragically with 3 people dead.The man accused of shooting two police officers and killing his girlfriend, her teenage son and then himself fired hundreds of rounds at officers, Henry County police Chief Mark Amerman said Friday morning. But Anthony Bailey shouldnât have had a gun at all. Heâs a convicted felon and served nearly two years in prison for an aggravated assault conviction in the 90s, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. Bailey allegedly killed Sandra White, who was pregnant, inside her Stockbridge home Thursday morning. Then, he shot two officers who arrived at the home. Officers Taylor Webb was shot in the chest and hip and Keegan Merritt was shot in the hand, Amerman said. Each had been on the force for seven years and both remained Friday at Grady Memorial Hospital. Both should survive their injuries. Officers negotiated with Bailey for hours, but he refused to surrender. âWe tried to do everything we possibly could to bring this to a peaceful resolution,â 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. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC The officers survived their injuries and were being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital. But at White’s Eagle Court home near Stockbridge, Bailey refused to surrender to police. While anxious neighbors awaited answers, relatives of those in the home couldn’t contain their grief, fearing the worst. Those closest to White later learned she was the alleged victim of domestic violence. White, who worked as a nurse at WellStar Atlanta Medical Center, was 39. She had already named her baby Antonio. She planned to continue her education and become a nurse practitioner, her parents said. Sandra White and her son Arkeyvion White. Sandy White was pregnant when she was killed Thursday, April 4, 2019. Her 16-year-old son Arkeyvion White was also killed. The suspected gunman is Anthony Bailey. Police discovered of their bodies after an hours-long standoff in Henry County that ended in the predawn hours of Friday, April 5, 2019. Bailey also died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted wound, police say. (Sandra White's Facebook Page) Credit: HANDOUT Credit: HANDOUT Arkeyvion White, whose nickname was Keyvo, was a sophomore at Dutchtown High School, where he played offensive tackle on the football team. He wore jersey No. 64. A polite boy and an honor-roll student, Arkeyvion had a bright future ahead of him, Kathie and Johnny White said of their grandson. At 6-feet-4, he already towered over his mother. On Friday, Kathie White shuddered to think of what Arkeyvion had endured while in the home with Bailey. Instead of a surprise baby shower, the family must now plan a funeral. “We’ve got to bury three,” Kathie White said. “It’s gonna be hard. But by the grace of God, I know we can do it.”<doc-sep>
A standoff that began when two Georgia police officers were shot and wounded has ended with a 16-year-old boy and his pregnant mother both killed by a gunman who then killed himself, authorities said. The two officers were responding to a domestic disturbance Thursday morning when they came under fire by the gunman, who then barricaded himself inside the house. A standoff ensued for the next 15 hours as police pleaded with the gunman to release the teenage boy from the home in Stockbridge, south of Atlanta. Dramatic video from police body cameras shows a chaotic scene, as officers are ambushed almost immediately after they break down the door of the home. The video shows one of the officers being wounded and dragging his rifle across the front lawn to safety. Police were initially hopeful, saying a negotiator was speaking with the gunman, identified by police on Friday as Anthony Tony Bailey Jr., 47, of Atlanta. “With communication with the individual, at least he’s talking — that’s helpful,” Henry County police Capt. Joey Smith had said at a Thursday afternoon news conference. “We’re going to wait as long as we can.” Three people were killed and two officers were wounded in a standoff in Georgia. WGCL However, by late Thursday night, the gunman was refusing to surrender and would not “provide proof of the well-being” of the teenager and the woman inside. So commanders made the decision to deploy gas inside the home, police said. “The suspect fired numerous rounds at SWAT officers and vehicles,” police said in an update on social media late Thursday. Finally, in the pre-dawn hours Friday, police forced their way into the home and found three bodies. Smith identified the victims as 16-year-old Arkeyvion White and his mother, Sandra White, more than eight months pregnant. Arkeyvion and Bailey were found dead in an upstairs bedroom; and Sandra White was found in the garage, Smith said. Sandra White was a nurse at WellStar Health System who had been working to get more training through Georgia Southern University, her sister, Anetria White, told reporters. She said Arkeyvion played football at nearby Dutchtown High School. “I don’t know what to say. If you come over to your sister’s house and you see her dead in the garage and then you wait from 11 o’clock in the morning until now you find out all three of them are gone,” White told CBS affiliate WGCL.