UPDATE IV: Chief Booker forwarded DPD’s official release on this morning’s incident…

On today’s date, November 19, 2009, at approximately 6:45am. the Decatur Police Department received a trouble unknown call at 621 South Candler Street. Upon the officer’s arrival, it was determined that an armed subject had barricaded himself in the residence. DeKalb County SWAT was notified of the incident and responded to assist. The subject was eventually taken into custody without incident. The subject is under investigation for an incident that occurred in Athens, Georgia. Please contact Athens-Clarke County Police for additional information.

UPDATE III: Sounds like it’s over.  The AJC now reports…

At 10:25 a.m., police began leaving the scene.

UPDATE II: WriterChad is tweeting from the scene.

UPDATE: The AJC is now reporting this…

Robin Blocker, who lives nearby, said a man was taken from the residence in handcuffs, but at 10 a.m. police had not confirmed whether the standoff is over. Blocker said police told her the standoff was related to a homicide in Athens.

…A police officer later came to the door, Abuato said, and told her that there was a report that a man inside the house had killed his family in Athens and fled to the Candler Street house, where his mother lives, and was inside with a knife. Abuato said the mother rents out rooms in the home to college students.

Lots of emails this morning inquiring to the police situation on South Candler near Kirk Road and Green.  Multiple residents have said that police at the scene are refusing to respond to resident inquiries.

Emily provides a link to an AJC article that says that DeKalb SWAT officers have been called to the scene, but doesn’t give much other info.

Feel free to comment with your own reports.

I’ll contact Decatur PD and try to get more info.  Stay tuned.