Charges against 27-year-old Tyler Dewayne Moore include aggravated assault, gun possession, and criminal property damage.
Suspect of Shooting Gwinnett County Attorney Arrested
From the reports released by Fox News, according to authorities, a guy from Georgia was detained on Monday in connection with the killing of the Gwinnett County attorney last week. The 27-year-old Tyler Dewayne Moore is accused of aggravated assault, criminal property damage, and having a gun while committing specific crimes. Early on Monday, he was arrested and taken to the Gwinnett County Jail.
Around 6 o’clock on Friday, the Gwinnett County attorney —who has not been named—was shot in the leg. according to a press release from Gwinnett County police, as he was traveling on Auburn Road in the direction of the city of Auburn, Georgia. The investigator called for assistance over his radio after being shot, pulling into a petrol station.
He had non-life-threatening wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital. Following the incident, numerous law enforcement agencies in metro Atlanta started looking for the culprit. Initially reported by police as a silver SUV with damage to the rear passenger side, the shooter’s car was eventually identified as a 2019 Jeep Cherokee.
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Investigators are Up for Finding the Suspect
We had a silver SUV, and it came down to looking at some images online to see exactly what make and model it was, and they were able to pinpoint that it was a Jeep Cherokee, according to Sgt. Michele Pihera, speaking to FOX 5 Atlanta. “Once we got the surveillance video of nearby businesses, that helped us pinpoint the basic general description. We were able to locate perhaps some registration information to determine the owners of a silver Jeep Cherokee because it was a 2019 Jeep Cherokee.
Detectives found the car on Sunday night in Auburn while visiting Moore’s residence there, and they seized it. He wasn’t at home for the visit, but Monday morning he handed himself in at the Gwinnett County Jail.
According to Pihera on “Fox & Friends,” the shooting’s motivation is still unknown, and police are still looking into whether it was targeted, the consequence of an altercation on the road, or had another motivation.
The investigator was merely traveling down the road when the shooter fired at him, according to Pihera, and it currently doesn’t appear that he was connected to any police-related investigation. The DA’s office investigators use unmarked cars, so there were no overt indications that he was a law enforcement officer.
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