‘We Need Help’: Two Atlanta Journalists Were Held Hostage Outside a Sheriff’s Office. It Took Authorities 90 Minutes to Respond After 911 Call.
While on assignment in their news outlet’s company van, two Atlanta-based journalists were taken hostage by a homeless man claiming to have a gun. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, in the lot of the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office in Jonesboro, Georgia. Atlanta News First journalists Asia Wilson and Lauren Swaim and…