Athens-Clarke County police called in its SWAT unit to end a standoff early Saturday morning at a home on Stonehenge Way.

The incident ended without violence after police arrested a 25-year-old suspect on a simple assault charge, said Athens-Clarke police spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez.

The ordeal started as a domestic dispute on Spring Valley Road, at the home of the mother of the suspect’s child, Rodriguez said.

Somehow the suspect came into possession of the victim’s gun and then threatened her with it, Rodriguez said. Once the victim called police, the suspect fled.

The victim told police where they might find the suspect, and upon arriving at the Stonehenge Way residence, officers spotted him sitting on a front porch, Rodriguez said.

With the arrival of police, the suspect dashed into the home, turned off all lights and refused to exit, said Rodriguez. Police called in SWAT and obtained warrants for the man’s arrest and to enter the house.

Authorities then arrested the suspect without further incident.

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