A police SWAT team has stormed a motel room in Georgia where a man had been holding a woman and 11 children hostage.
The children, ages 3 months to 17 years old, and the woman were rescued unarmed, a reporter for WSB-TV said on Twitter. It was reported that the man stabbed himself.
The extent of his injuries are not known, but he was taken to a local hospital.
Standoff ends. Suspect stabbed himself as SWAT entered. No other injuries. Everyone else safe. Suspect enroute to hospital
— DeKalb County Police (@DeKalbCountyPD) January 5, 2016
Their relationship between the woman, the man and the children - none of whom have yet been identified - was not immediately clear.
The man had barricaded himself with the woman and children in a room at a DeKalb County motel after a domestic dispute, said a police official.
Authorities became involved in the standoff after responding to a domestic dispute call from the woman at around 2 am.
An employee at the motel who answered the phone when contacted by NBC News early Tuesday declined to comment.
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