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Parkway Grand Apartments Kidnapping Search at Woodberry Place Near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road, DeKalb County, GA: Police Searching for Jakarii Eason and His Two Young Children After SWAT Standoff
DeKalb County police are searching for Jakarii Eason, wanted on kidnapping charges, and for his two young children after an hourslong SWAT standoff at an apartment on Woodberry Place ended Wednesday night with officers finding the unit empty. FOX 5 Atlanta named the complex as the Parkway Grand Apartments near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road. Atlanta News First reported the three had not been found overnight; WSB-TV reported Eason is not in custody.
Key facts
- What
- A search for a man wanted on kidnapping charges and for his two young children, after an hourslong SWAT response that ended with an empty apartment
- Who
- Jakarii Eason, identified by DeKalb County police as the children's father. He is wanted, not convicted
- Where
- An apartment in the 1400 block of Woodberry Place, DeKalb County (Atlanta News First; WSB-TV also places the complex on Woodberry Place). FOX 5 Atlanta names it the Parkway Grand Apartments near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road
- When
- Wednesday evening into Wednesday night, Aug. 19, 2026. The search was still active Thursday morning, Aug. 20
- Children
- Two young children. FOX 5 Atlanta reported police have not given information about their ages. No outlet names or describes them
- Danger
- Atlanta News First and WSB-TV report police do not believe the children are in danger; FOX 5 Atlanta reports police do not believe they are in immediate danger
- With Eason?
- Not established. FOX 5 Atlanta reported authorities have stopped short of saying whether they think the children are with him right now
- Charges
- Kidnapping, false imprisonment and family violence battery, per Atlanta News First, which said more charges are possible. WSB-TV reports he will be charged once arrested
- Custody
- Not in custody, WSB-TV reported
- Why SWAT
- Officers learned Eason had multiple active warrants out of DeKalb County, both Atlanta News First and FOX 5 Atlanta reported
- Investigating
- DeKalb County Police Department
- What happened at the apartment on Woodberry Place?
- How did the SWAT standoff end?
- Who is Jakarii Eason, and what is he wanted on?
- What have police said about the two children?
- Where are the Parkway Grand Apartments, Woodberry Place, Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road?
- Who is running the search?
- Where do the three newsrooms differ?
- What don't we know yet?
- Frequently asked questions
What happened at the apartment on Woodberry Place?
DeKalb County police are looking for a man wanted on kidnapping charges, and for his two young children, after a SWAT response to a DeKalb County apartment ended with all three gone, Atlanta News First reported. FOX 5 Atlanta described the standoff as hourslong.
The station reported that investigators traced it back to a domestic dispute. Investigators said the mother and father were arguing, and that when she left the home he stayed behind with the two young children at an apartment in the 1400 block of Woodberry Place that Wednesday evening.
Police identified the father as Jakarii Eason.
FOX 5 Atlanta, reporting separately, said officers went Wednesday night to the Parkway Grand Apartments, which that station placed near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road, after what it described as an argument between Eason and the children's mother. The mother left the apartment, that station reported, while Eason and the two children stayed inside.
WSB-TV reported the same sequence: Eason and the children's mother got into a dispute at the apartment, and she left him there with their two small children. WSB-TV placed the complex on Woodberry Place and reported that its Channel 2 Action News crew was on the scene while SWAT officers worked.
How did the SWAT standoff end?
It ended with nobody there.
Atlanta News First reported that officers discovered Eason had multiple active warrants out of DeKalb County, and that SWAT was called in because of those warrants to help take him into custody. FOX 5 Atlanta reported the same trigger: the SWAT team was called to the complex after officers learned about the warrants.
FOX 5 Atlanta reported that the standoff ran for hours while officers believed Eason and the two children were still inside the apartment. When SWAT officers eventually went in, the station reported, they found it empty.
WSB-TV reported that officers determined Eason and the children were not inside the apartment. Atlanta News First reported that police said Eason was not barricaded inside with the children, and that by the time officers cleared the scene, he and the two children were already gone.
FOX 5 Atlanta reported that investigators have not explained how Eason got out of the unit unseen.
Atlanta News First reported that overnight, the three had not been found. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police are working to locate all three. Atlanta News First labels its report a developing story.
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Who is Jakarii Eason, and what is he wanted on?
All three newsrooms identify him the same way: as the father of the two young children, named by DeKalb County police.
Atlanta News First reported that Eason faces charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment and family violence battery, and that police said more charges are possible.
WSB-TV puts the same list in a conditional frame. That station reported that Eason is not in custody, and that the kidnapping, false imprisonment and family violence battery counts — along with other charges — would be filed against him only once he is in custody.
The separate, earlier warrants are a different matter, and they are the reason SWAT was there in the first place. Atlanta News First reported those warrants are out of DeKalb County. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police have not said why Eason has several active warrants, and neither of the other two stations spells out what they are for.
Eason is wanted. He has not been convicted of anything described in these reports, and no outlet has published his age or his address.
What have police said about the two children?
Very little, and the wording differs slightly between outlets in a way worth keeping straight.
Atlanta News First and WSB-TV both reported that police said they do not believe the children are in danger. FOX 5 Atlanta reported it with a qualifier: police said they do not believe the children are in immediate danger.
FOX 5 Atlanta also reported the thing the other two do not address at all — that authorities have stopped short of saying whether they think the children are with Eason right now. So the reporting does not establish where the children are, only that police are trying to find all three.
FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police have not given information about the ages of the children, and that investigators have not released additional details about them. None of the three outlets names the children or describes them beyond calling them two young children. The Local Alert does not name minors.
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Where are the Parkway Grand Apartments, Woodberry Place, Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road?
The three accounts describe the location in two different registers, and neither contradicts the other.
Atlanta News First put the apartment in the 1400 block of Woodberry Place. WSB-TV also placed the complex on Woodberry Place. FOX 5 Atlanta did not use the street name and instead named the complex — the Parkway Grand Apartments — and located it near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road.
DeKalb County police responded and are running the search. None of the three outlets placed the complex inside any city's limits, and no exact street address for the unit has been released.
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Wanted | Jakarii Eason, identified by police as the children's father |
| Children | Two young children; ages not released (FOX 5 Atlanta) |
| Street | 1400 block of Woodberry Place (Atlanta News First); Woodberry Place (WSB-TV) |
| Complex | Parkway Grand Apartments, near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road (FOX 5 Atlanta) |
| County | DeKalb County |
| Day | Wednesday evening into Wednesday night, Aug. 19, 2026 |
| SWAT outcome | Apartment found empty; Eason and the children were already gone |
| Barricaded | Police said Eason was not barricaded inside with the children (Atlanta News First) |
| Charges | Kidnapping, false imprisonment, family violence battery; more possible (Atlanta News First). WSB-TV frames them as filed once arrested |
| Custody | Not in custody (WSB-TV) |
| Danger to children | Police do not believe the children are in danger (Atlanta News First, WSB-TV); not in immediate danger (FOX 5 Atlanta) |
| Located | Not found overnight (Atlanta News First); police working to locate all three (FOX 5 Atlanta) |
| Investigating | DeKalb County police |
Who is running the search?
The DeKalb County Police Department. Every fact attributed to law enforcement in all three reports comes from DeKalb County police, and none of the three named the agency the SWAT team came from.
None of the three outlets named an investigating unit, a commander or a spokesperson, and none published a case number or a tip line.
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Where do the three newsrooms differ?
Atlanta News First, FOX 5 Atlanta and WSB-TV agree on the spine of this: a domestic dispute at a DeKalb County apartment Wednesday, a mother who left, a father with active warrants, an hourslong SWAT response, an empty apartment, and a search now underway for Jakarii Eason and two young children.
The complex name, the Parkway Grand Apartments, appears in FOX 5 Atlanta only. The street, Woodberry Place, appears in Atlanta News First and WSB-TV; only Atlanta News First gives the block, the 1400 block. Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road come from FOX 5 Atlanta only.
On the charges, Atlanta News First writes that Eason faces them now and that more are possible; WSB-TV writes that he will be charged once arrested. On the children, Atlanta News First and WSB-TV report police do not believe they are in danger, while FOX 5 Atlanta reports police do not believe they are in immediate danger and adds that authorities have not said whether the children are currently with him.
All three pages were still moving overnight and into this morning. Atlanta News First's visible byline reads Aug. 19 at 10:03 p.m. ET, with a modified stamp of 11:41 p.m. ET, and its page payload shows it was touched again at 6:18 a.m. ET Thursday. FOX 5 Atlanta's report was updated at 5:16 a.m. ET. WSB-TV's visible byline reads Aug. 19 at 11:59 p.m. ET, and its own content-update field shows 4:33 a.m. ET Thursday.
What don't we know yet?
- Where Jakarii Eason and the two children are
- Whether the children are with Eason — FOX 5 Atlanta reports authorities have not said
- The ages of the children, which FOX 5 Atlanta reports police have not given
- How Eason may have left the apartment without officers seeing him
- What the earlier active warrants are for
- Eason's age, his address and any description of a vehicle or a direction of travel
- Whether an Amber Alert or a Mattie's Call has been issued — none of the three reports addresses it
- The exact street address of the apartment
- Whether the mother was hurt during the dispute
- How long the SWAT response lasted in hours, and when the scene was cleared
- A case number, an investigating unit or a number for tips — none of the three reports carries one
Frequently asked questions
What happened at the Parkway Grand Apartments on Woodberry Place in DeKalb County?
DeKalb County police went to an apartment complex on Woodberry Place on Wednesday evening, Aug. 19, 2026, after the mother and father of two young children argued and the mother left, according to Atlanta News First. Officers learned the father, identified by police as Jakarii Eason, had multiple active warrants, and a SWAT team was called in. The standoff ran for hours, and when SWAT officers went inside they found the apartment empty. Police are now searching for Eason and for the two children.
Who is Jakarii Eason?
Police identified Jakarii Eason as the father of the two young children. Atlanta News First reported that investigators found he had multiple active warrants out of DeKalb County, and that those warrants are why SWAT was called in to help take him into custody. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police have not said why Eason has several active warrants. Eason is wanted, not convicted, and no outlet has released his age or address.
What charges does Jakarii Eason face?
Atlanta News First reported that Eason faces charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment and family violence battery, and that police said more charges are possible. WSB-TV framed the same charges as conditional on an arrest, reporting that those counts, plus other charges, would be filed against him only upon arrest.
Is Jakarii Eason in custody?
WSB-TV reported that Eason is not in custody. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police are working to locate him and the two children.
Have Jakarii Eason and the two children been found?
Atlanta News First reported that as of overnight, Eason and the two children had not been found. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police are working to locate all three. Atlanta News First labels its report a developing story.
Are the children believed to be with Jakarii Eason?
FOX 5 Atlanta reported that authorities have stopped short of saying whether they think the children are with Eason right now. That is the only outlet of the three that addresses the question directly, and it reports the question as unanswered.
Do police believe the children are in danger?
Atlanta News First and WSB-TV both reported that police said they do not believe the children are in danger. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police said they do not believe the children are in immediate danger.
How old are the children, and have they been identified?
FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police have not given information about the ages of the children. None of the three outlets names the children or describes them beyond calling them two young children, and The Local Alert does not name minors.
Where is the Parkway Grand Apartments complex in DeKalb County?
FOX 5 Atlanta named the complex as the Parkway Grand Apartments and placed it near Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road. Atlanta News First placed the apartment in the 1400 block of Woodberry Place, and WSB-TV also placed the complex on Woodberry Place. No outlet gave an exact street address for the unit itself.
Why was a SWAT team called to the apartment on Woodberry Place?
Because of the warrants. Atlanta News First reported that police discovered Eason had multiple active warrants out of DeKalb County and that SWAT was called in to help take him into custody. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that the SWAT team was called to the complex after officers learned Eason had multiple active warrants.
Was Jakarii Eason barricaded inside the apartment with the children?
Atlanta News First reported that police said Eason was not barricaded inside with the children. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that officers spent hours at the scene under the belief that all three were still in the unit, and that SWAT found it empty when they finally went in. WSB-TV reported that officers determined Eason and the children were not inside.
Which agency is investigating the search for Jakarii Eason and the two children?
The DeKalb County Police Department. All three outlets attribute the account to DeKalb County police. None of them named an investigating unit, a commander or a spokesperson, and none published a case number or a tip line.
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