Video shows man firing on deputies after high-speed chase
April 14, 2021 GMT
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) Dashcam video released Wednesday shows a man opening fire on Georgia sheriff’s deputies and the deputies returning fire following a high-speed chase.
Authorities have said two cousins from Birmingham, Alabama 22-year-old Aaron Jajuan Shelton and 28-year-old Pier Alexander Shelton led officers from several different law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase early Monday morning after fleeing a traffic stop on Interstate 20 about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Atlanta. Three officers were shot and wounded and Pier Shelton was killed by officers.
After the cousins led police on a chase through Carrollton and Villa Rica, the Nissan Sentra they were traveling in went down a side road and crashed in a wooded area near a Villa Rica elementary school. Officers began setting up a perimeter to search for the two men, according to a news release from the Carroll County Sheriff’
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Carrollton, GA (April 12, 2021) – On Monday, April 12, 2021, at approximately 5:00 A.M., the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Carrollton
UPDATE 04/12/2021 from GBI: Aaron Jajuan Shelton, age 22, of Birmingham, AL has been charged with 5 counts of aggravated assault and 3 counts of aggravated battery. He is being held at the Carroll County Jail. The deceased has been identified as Pier Alexander Shelton, age 28, of Birmingham, AL. UPDATE 04/12/2021 from Carroll County Sheriff’s […]