Law enforcement officials in Georgia on Friday released chilling body camera footage showing SWAT team officers forcing their way into a Henry County home during a deadly standoff with a hostage taker and getting shot by him.
Also this afternoon, Henry County police Capt. Joey Smith officially identified the victims as 36-year-old Sandra White, who was more than eight months pregnant at the time of her death, and her 16-year-old son, Arkeyvion White.
The gunman, who took his own life following the 15-hour standoff with police that had begun at 11am on Thursday and lasted into early Friday morning, was named as White's boyfriend, 47-year-old Anthony Bailey.
Video from multiple body cameras made public by the Henry County police show the chaotic first minutes of the standoff.


Sandra White was eight months pregnant when her boyfriend of five years (pictured together left), Anthony Bailey, took her and her 16-year-old son, Arkeyvion (right), hostage

An officer's body camera shows White and Bailey's front door moments before shots are fired

Bailey opens fire the moment an officer kicks in the front door and rushes inside

An officer is seen standing with his gun trained on the house seconds before getting struck by a bullet

'I'm hit,' the officer declares as he crawls across the law while dragging his gun behind
The recording begins with an officer approaching the front door of White and Bailey's home in Stockbridge and radioing in that there is 'blood in the driveway; female is visible inside, unresponsive.'
He then kicks down the door and immediately encounters gunfire, which forces him to retreat and drop his body camera in the process.
Two other officers positioned outside the house have a barrage of bullets fired at them. One of them is seen hiding behind a tree when he is struck by a bullet and collapses.
'I'm hit, I'm hit,' he says while crawling away across a lawn.
The first officer's body camera that was dropped inside the house contains audio of the gunman repeatedly saying, 'Don't come here. I got a lot of shots. I got a hostage.'
An officer's voice is heard from the outside ordering Bailey to come out, to which he replies: 'I ain't coming nowhere.'


Officer Taylor Webb (left) was shot in the chest and hip. Officer Keegan Merritt (right) suffered a gunshot wound to his hand

Clayton County police officers work a scene where a gunman shot two Henry County police officers in Stockbridge, Georgia, before killing the mother and son Thursday
Officer Keegan Merritt suffered a gunshot wound to his hand, while officer Taylor Webb was shot in the chest and hip. Both remained hospitalized Friday but are expected to recover.
'I think the less injured officer was able to aid the other and get him out of the house,' Smith said.
Henry County police Chief Mark Amerman said at a press conference on Friday afternoon that Bailey was not legally allowed to own a gun because he was a convicted felon.

Bailey, 47, was not legally allowed to own a gun because he was a convicted felon
The 47-year-old father-to-be served close to two years in prison on an aggravated assault conviction in the 1990s, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections, as Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Police previously said that the officers were dispatched to White and Bailey's home after getting a call from the woman's sister, who told them that she saw blood in the garage and asked to check on the inhabitants.
Cops were initially hopeful, saying a negotiator was speaking with Bailey. However, by late Thursday night, the gunman was refusing to surrender and would not 'provide proof of the well-being' of White and her teenage son.
So commanders made the decision to deploy tear gas inside the home to smoke the hostage taker out.
Finally, in the pre-dawn hours Friday, police forced their way into the home and found three bodies.
Arkeyvion and Bailey were found dead in an upstairs bedroom; and Sandra White was found in the garage.
'We tried to do everything we possibly could to bring this to a peaceful resolution,' Chief Amerman said.

A couple of people believed to be related to the victims leave the scene of the deadly standoff

Henry County paramedics examine a woman near Sandra White's home in Stockbridge
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ShareSandra White, who worked as a nurse, was 36 weeks pregnant with a son, whom she and her long-time boyfriend were planning to name Antonio.
Anetria White, the victim's sister, told WSB-TV the family were supposed to host a baby shower for her on Saturday. Sandra's due date was April 29.
She also revealed that White had been in a five-year relationship with Bailey, but was unhappy.
In March, White reportedly served Bailey eviction papers, but he refused to move out of their home.


Sandra White (left) was a registered nurse. Her 6-foot-4, 290-pound son Arkeyvion White (right) was a high school football player

Sandra and her boyfriend, Anthony Bailey (right), had been together for five years

White and Bailey were expected to welcome their baby son, whom them planned to name Antonio, on april 23

The gunman first shot two SWAT team officers, wounding them, before barricading himself inside the house on Thursday morning
Anetria White told CBS46 that at one point during the hours-long standoff, she got a text message from Bailey that read, 'I got Kevy. Don’t come in.,' referring to her nephew Arkeyvion.
Anetria begged her sister's boyfriend to let the boy go, but he never replied to her texts.
Sandra was a registered nurse with WellStar Health System who had been working to get more training through Georgia Southern University. Her 6-foot-4, 290-pound teenage son was a defensive tackle on Dutchtown High School's football team.
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