Woman’s killer dies in Atlanta shootout

ATLANTA — A man killed a woman and then died during a shootout with police at an apartment building in Atlanta’s midtown neighborhood early Wednesday, police said.

Police got calls of a shooting inside the luxury high-rise shortly before 3:30 a.m. and officers responded within five minutes, Atlanta police Chief Rodney Bryant said during a news conference.

Officers determined that shots were coming from the building’s 21st floor, according to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation news release. Approaching officers saw a man firing a rifle at them from a balcony. At least one officer returned fire, the bureau said.

Officers found a woman dead inside the apartment where she lived in the Atlantic House Midtown, which at 32 stories is one of the city’s tallest residential buildings. The man who shot at police, identified as 32-year-old Jarvis Jarrette of Milledgeville, was found dead on a balcony, the bureau said.

Police said it appears the man and woman knew each other and that there was no forced entry.