Jackson Police officers and Butts County Sheriff s deputies are searching the area around the Ingle s Supermarket on Ga. Highway 16 in Jackson for a suspect following the shooting death of
Updated: 9:50 AM EDT May 5, 2021
BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. A murder suspect was apprehended early Wednesday after a late night search in Butts County.
The Butts County Sheriff s Office had put out a bulletin on the search late Tuesday evening, and just after midnight said he had been caught.
Sheriff Gary Long said on Facebook the suspect was taken into custody without incident. He originally described the suspect as a person of interest in a domestic related shooting at the Ingles in Jackson.
The Jackson Police Department later identified the victim as 47-year-old Terry Don Crawford, of Jackson. They said he suffered several gunshots to his upper body. The GBI identified Crawford as the suspect s stepfather.
A preliminary investigation determined that Crawford died at the scene of apparent gunshot wounds.
Investigators quickly identified Davenport as a person of interest in the murder investigation and requested the GBI for assistance.
After a six-hour manhunt, Davenport was located just before midnight and taken into custody without incident, the Butts County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. The sheriff’s office posted pictures of a muddy, shirtless and shoeless Davenport being detained. (Butts County Sheriff’s Office )
The victim in the Tuesday evening shooting in the Ingles parking lot on Ga. Hwy. 16 in Jackson has been identified as Terry Don Crawford, 47, of Jackson. Crawford s step-son,
Two of four suspects in the shooting death of Williams Trawick, 18, of Jackson on Feb. 16 have been arrested, and Butts County Sheriff’s investigators have their sights set on