A standoff with an armed man brought traffic on an Atlanta-area freeway to a standstill Friday until he was apparently taken into custody.
Video from a TV news helicopter showed police pulling the man from a car, apparently ending the confrontation that played out in the middle of Interstate 75.
More than a dozen police officers with guns drawn had filled four lanes of the highway as police confronted a motorist they said was armed and not cooperating with the officers. The showdown lasted more than an hour.
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