A
THOMASTON MAN WITH AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR AGGREVATED
STALKING OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WAS WOUNDED IN THE SHOULDER
AFTER HE ENGAGED IN A SHOOT-OUT WITH LAMAR COUNTY DEPUTIES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
UPSON
COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE SAID HIS DEPARTMENT AND LAMAR
S.O. HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR 35 YEAR OLD TYLER WALKER
PITTS OF HIGHWAY STREET THOMASTON-- AFTER HE SENT THREATENING
TEXT MESSAGES TO THE FEMALE WHO WORKS IN BARNESVILLE. PITTS
HAD ALSO REPORTEDLY MADE THREATS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND HAD IMPLIED HE WOULD TAKE HIS OWN LIFE OVER HIS
DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
LAMAR
S.O. SAID PITTS LED DEPUTIES ON A CHASE THROUGH THE
COUNTY UNTIL BARNESVILLE POLICE LAID DOWN STOP STICKS. ONCE
PITTS STOPPED --HE OPENED FIRE ON THE DEPUTIES WHO RETURNED
FIRE AND WOUNDED HIM IN THE SHOULDER—NO OFFICERS WERE
WOUNDED.
PITTS
WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO A HOSPITAL.
THE
SHOOT-OUT HAPPENED AT THE POWELL PLACE APARTMENTS NEAR LAMAR
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL—PLACED ON LOCKDOWN AS THE CHASE HEADED
THERE.
THE
GBI HAS BEEN CALLED INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
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