Police say suspect refused to exit home and threatened to shoot officers

The Peachtree City Police Department’s SWAT team forcefully apprehended a suspect who barricaded himself in a home in the Wynnmeade subdivision late Monday afternoon.

Officers went to the home of Tyler Ash, 20, at 205 North Meade to execute a search warrant for a residential burglary and forgery case, police said. Once inside, Ash was found hiding in the rear of the home, and Ash indicated to officers that he had a firearm.

He also “threatened to shoot any law enforcement officer on the premises,” according to a news release from the police department.

Ash refused to exit the room after extended talks with officers, and barricaded himself inside the home, police said. The SWAT team was called in due to the volatility of the situation, police said.

After about three and a half hours of negotiation, the SWAT team used chemical expulsion devices to take Ash into custody without incident, police said.

Ash has been charged with possession of crack cocaine, making terroristic threats, obstruction of a police officer, burglary, forgery, and possession of drug-related objects. He was taken to the Fayette County Jail.

While he was barricaded in the home, Ash told officers that he had caused self-inflicted injuries, police said.

According to police records, Ash was arrested in May 2005 for obstruction of a police officer, interference with government property, underage possession of alcohol and loitering.