UPDATE: Teargas ends Sparta Hwy. standoff peacefully

  • Tommy Lee Kell barricaded himself in the attic of his house and threatened a shoot-out with the officers. (CONTRIBUTED)
    Tommy Lee Kell barricaded himself in the attic of his house and threatened a shoot-out with the officers. (CONTRIBUTED)
  • Tommy Lee Kell (CONTRIBUTED)
    Tommy Lee Kell (CONTRIBUTED)

    A standoff between law enforcement authorities and a wanted man lasted about two hours Thursday, July 11, on the 200 block of Sparta Highway in Eatonton. 

    The man, identified as 26-year-old Tommy Lee Kell, had barricaded himself in the attic of his house and threatened a shoot-out with the officers.

    Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell and Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said that a portion…