UPDATE: 1 dead, 1 arrested following standoff in east Macon

One person is dead and another person is in custody following a standoff in east Macon Wednesday.
Ayala Stephanie Nicole

UPDATE (11:15 P.M.) – One person is dead and another person is in custody following a standoff in east Macon Wednesday.

A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says investigators attempted to serve a warrant at a home on Thomas Drive just before 3 p.m.

“Sheriff’s investigators had warrants for individuals at the address,” the release said. “Deputies attempted to make contact, but the individuals locked themselves inside the residence.”

The sheriff’s office says deputies entered the home and found 46-year-old Sotero Colon unresponsive with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

No other injuries were reported.

42-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ayala was served a warrant and taken into custody.

She’s charged with one count of rape party to a crime and one count of false imprisonment and is being held without bond.


MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two men barricaded themselves in a home in east Macon, leading to a SWAT standoff Wednesday afternoon.

Corporal Emmitt Bivins with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, says deputies were serving an arrest warrant on two individuals, when they ran inside a home on Thomas Drive, which is off New Clinton Road.

Corporal Bivins says law enforcement doesn’t know if anyone else is inside the home, so they’re using extreme caution while trying to contact the two people.

That is all the information we have at this time.

Stay with 41NBC for updates as they become available.

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