Teen In SWAT Standoff Was Wanted For Hit And Run: Police

BUFORD, GA -- The man involved Sunday's Gwinnett County SWAT incident has been identified is in the Gwinnett County jail facing charges of theft by taking, motor vehicle; aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a felony.

Nathan Workman, 19, of Buford, was in a SWAT standoff with police, in Buford, and threatened to shoot officers and himself, police said.

After interviewing Workman’s family and girlfriend, more details were provided that give a time line of events leading to the SWAT call.

On Friday, April 26, a Hall County deputy asked for a Gwinnett County Police Officer to meet him in reference to a hit and run investigation that occurred in their jurisdiction. The officers responded to 4699 Arden Drive in Buford.

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They met with the owner of the vehicle. She said that she woke up and found that her vehicle and brother, Nathan Workman, were missing. The vehicle was eventually found in front of a home on Bryant Drive in Buford. The GCPD officer obtained one warrant for theft by taking, motor vehicle. Workman’s whereabouts were not known at that time.

Workman's girlfriend said that on Saturday, April 27, at around 11:30 p.m., he picked her up at a home improvement store in the city of Suwanee. She said that she saw the handle of a firearm hanging out of his pocket. She said that once they were in the vehicle, Workman began to drive erratically. She asked to leave the vehicle, but Workman refused. They drove around, and eventually the vehicle was left at the convenience store at Pebblebrook Drive and Thompson Mill Road.

The two of them began to walk on a trail behind the store. The girlfriend said that she tried to leave, but Workman put his hands around her neck and began to strangle her. He released her neck when she began to become unconscious. The two stayed in the woods until the morning hours. They eventually walked to his grandmother’s home at 4699 Arden Drive. Workman went to sleep, and his girlfriend fled the home. She walled back to the convenience store and called her parents.

The girlfriend’s parents eventually called 911 which began the chain of events leading to the SWAT call. Because Workman and his girlfriend share a child together, this case is considered an act of family violence.

Following the arrest of Workman, officers obtained a search warrant for the home to collect any evidence in reference to the previous incidents. Due to the continuing nature of the investigation, additional charges could be obtained at a later time.

Workman also had an additional warrant out of Hall County for hit and run.