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Police: Man threatens officers, makes bomb threat

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Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. (Photo: Darryl Carver, MyFoxAtlanta) Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. (Photo: Darryl Carver, MyFoxAtlanta)
Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. (Photo: Darryl Carver, MyFoxAtlanta) Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. (Photo: Darryl Carver, MyFoxAtlanta)
Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. (Photo: Darryl Carver, MyFoxAtlanta) Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. (Photo: Darryl Carver, MyFoxAtlanta)
Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1. Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car on Wednesday, August 1.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -

Police in Gwinnett County say one man is in custody after he allegedly beat a woman, threatened police, and claimed to have explosives in a car.

Gwinnett County police say the incident occurred at the Shell station located on Highway 20 and Russell Road in Lawrenceville on Wednesday.

Police say the man allegedly beat a woman in a car at the gas station, and then let her go after police arrived. They say he then threatened officers at the scene with a gun, and claimed explosives were in the car.

At some point a SWAT team took the suspect into custody without incident.

The intersection of Russell Road and Highway 20 is blocked while police investigate, and check the car for explosives.

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