Police release body cam video of moment that started 17-hour standoff

Henry County police released body camera video from a 17-hour standoff with multiple victims including two injured officers. (Photo: Screengrab via Henry County police)

Henry County police released body camera video from a 17-hour standoff with multiple victims including two injured officers. (Photo: Screengrab via Henry County police)

Henry County police have released chilling body camera footage of the moments officers entered a home on a "trouble unknown" call Thursday and the suspect began to fire at them.

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Officers Keegan Merritt and Taylor Webb were both shot and are now recovering at Grady Memorial Hospital. They are both expected to be OK.

Police said Merritt and Webb went to the home after family members reported seeing a woman unresponsive in the garage.

The shootings kicked off a 17-hour-long standoff with the suspect. Police later found the gunman, a pregnant woman and her teenage son dead inside the home.

Sandra White, 39, and her son Arkeyvion, 16, were identified as the victims.

Police said the gunman, Anthony Bailey, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Merritt was shot in the hand and Webb was shot in the torso and hip, police said.

Friday afternoon, Henry County police released the two-minute clip showing the moment the officers were shot. The video posted may be hard to watch for some people.

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