WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say a teenager was shot and killed by a sniper during a SWAT standoff in Cherokee County, just north of Atlanta.
Sheriff Roger Garrison tells WSB Radio that the 16-year-old was killed after authorities say he threatened officers with a handgun Tuesday night.
Authorities say the boy's mother called 911 just before 6 p.m.,
saying her son was waiving a .357 magnum around their house in Woodstock.
The sheriff says officers got the mother outside, but the boy
would not leave. Garrison said he either fired a shot through the
plate glass window in the door or pushed the gun through the door in a threatening manner toward the officers.
Garrison said a sniper across the street then fired one round
and hit the teen in the stomach.
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Information from: WSB-AM, http://wsbradio.com/
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APNP 05-02-12 0610EDT