HAPPENING NOW: SWAT Standoff At Four Seasons Hotel In Atlanta, Shots Fired From Hotel Balcony

An unidentified shooter has fired shots from a Four Seasons hotel balcony in Atlanta, Georgia.

After firing the shots, the gunman barricaded himself in the hotel.

Atlanta’s SWAT team responded to the shooting and is currently in a standoff with the shooter.

This is a developing story.

Crazy active shooter. Shooting from Balcony of 4 Seasons in Atlanta we're livepic.twitter.com/80s2I6ZD3m

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Per The Daily Mail:

Terrifying footage showed a masked gunman firing from a high floor balcony of Atlanta’s luxurious Four Seasons hotel.

The unidentified shooter, who was wearing a pale-colored rubber mask, blasted a round of rapid fire towards people filming him from another balcony Tuesday afternoon.

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A man and a woman stood filming him from the apparent safety of their high-rise apartment a few blocks away, watching in surprise as the shooter hurled furniture off the balcony.

Here are some videos of the scene:

VIDEO: Numerous shots fired during SWAT standoff at the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Atlanta pic.twitter.com/BKVjJpkUN9

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BREAKING Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta on lockdown as gunman barricades himself inside

Police and SWAT teams rushed to the five-star hotel after a man pulled a gun on someone on a high floor inside the hotel, according to WSBTV.

It is unclear what prompted the shooting and if… pic.twitter.com/xro6Fn1HYx

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Per 11 Alive:

Shots have been fired near the busy Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Atlanta as police investigate a call for a barricaded gunman on Tuesday afternoon.

Shots fired after Atlanta Police investigating call of a barricaded gunman near Midtown Four Seasons hotel
Details are limited, but the call came in around 2 p.m., prompting the heavy law enforcement presence at the hotel on 14th Street. The hotel is down the street from Piedmont Park and not that far from the Colony Square shopping mall.

A spokesperson with the Atlanta Police Department said, “Out of an abundance of caution, units have set up a perimeter to safely investigate the matter.”

11Alive crews are at the scene and heard multiple shots being fired.

🚨#BREAKING: SWAT on scene of armed person at Four Seasons hotel in Atlanta, shooting reported pic.twitter.com/qwbF4OKU9x

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