UPDATES: Police Rescue Sexually Exploited Children After Stone Mountain SWAT Standoff

UPDATE (11:20 a.m.): Two children allegedly serving as sex slaves were rescued from a Stone Mountain apartment after an hours-long standoff which included a SWAT team and a bomb squad robot, police said.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a family member of the suspects at the Park at Hairston complex called the Special Victim’s Unit to report that a 12 and 14 year old girl were being forced into prostitution out of the apartment. When police arrived to check in on the report, they were greeted by a man brandishing a gun at them through a window.

After an hours-long standoff, a SWAT team finally entered the apartment early Friday morning and rescued the two girls, while taking two men and a woman into custody. The girls are now in protective custody, the AJC said.

UPDATE (3:30 a.m.): DeKalb County police have made arrests following the end of a SWAT situation in Stone Mountain which began late Thursday night.

FOX 5 Atlanta reports that three people have been taken into custody at the Park at Hairston complex. Police to 11 Alive News that the situation was sparked when a suspect pulled a gun on investigators. No officers were injured.

UPDATE (11:47 p.m.): DeKalb County police are releasing a few more details about the developing SWAT situation in Stone Mountain.

Police told 11 Alive News that, “they were investigating SWAT suspect when he pulled gun on them.” No officers were hurt, and crime scene tape is being deployed in the area.

UPDATE (11:32 p.m.): DeKalb County SWAT personnel are at a Stone Mountain apartment complex alongside with a bomb squad robot, an armored vehicle, and other law enforcement personnel.

According to 11 Alive News, the standoff at the Park at Hairston complex began at approximately 10 p.m. Thursday, with SWAT units arriving some 40 minutes later. An 11 Alive photojournalist has reported seeing the robot, the tanker, and a heavy police presence in the area. It is not currently know what threat the officers are responding to.

ORIGINAL STORY (11:16 p.m.): A SWAT team has been dispatched to Stone Mountain in response to a situation developing there.

According to CBS Atlanta, the team was dispatched to a location near the intersection of South Hairston and Redan roads just before 9:30 p.m.

Please stay with Patch as further developments come to light.