Overview
- Neighbors called 911 around 2:30 p.m. after seeing a deceased dog on a porch on Illinois Avenue near Joseph E. Boone Boulevard in northwest Atlanta.
- Responding officers found the animal decapitated with a machete nearby and obtained a search warrant when no one answered the door.
- Police say the occupant barricaded himself, prompting a SWAT response that ended about three hours later with an 8:30 p.m. arrest and no injuries reported.
- Authorities identified the suspect as Jalen Wade and announced charges of aggravated cruelty to animals, felony obstruction, and two counts of firearm possession during the commission of a felony.
- Investigators have not said who owned the dog, whether shots were fired, or what might have motivated the incident.