An armed standoff in Gordon County ended peacefully after a crisis negotiator convinced the gunman to give himself up peacefully.

On Saturday afternoon, Gordon County deputies were dispatched to the vicinity of Craigtown Road / US Highway 41 north of Calhoun in response to multiple reports of an intoxicated, threatening man armed with a gun. Deputies arrived within minutes whereupon the offender, subsequently identified as one George Barry Goodwin, age 64, of Calhoun, retreated inside a utility shed behind his home.

Goodwin, armed with a shotgun, kept the deputies at bay for some time until an experienced Sheriff’s Office crisis negotiator arrived on the scene. The negotiator convinced Goodwin to surrender himself. He was taken into custody without further incident.

Deputies recovered the weapon with which Goodwin was armed. Goodwin was not injured during the incident and is lodged in the county jail.

Goodwin will face firearms related charges, and detectives are investigating reports that he threatened bystanders as well.

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