POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News got an exclusive look at what police did to catch a man accused of shooting three people, killing one, during a spree in Forest Park last week.
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Victor Baymon is accused of shooting two people inside a tax preparation business and then a construction worker at a home a few miles away on Friday.
A father of four died and two others were injured. Their identities and conditions have not been released.
Forest Park Police said they believe Baymon followed his ex-girlfriend to the tax preparation office, but that otherwise, the shootings were “random.”
Powder Springs police caught Baymon 24 miles away in Cobb County hours later. Flock cameras picked up the stolen car that Baymon was driving and alerted police.
Channel 2′s Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell talked exclusively to police, who chased Baymon in a stolen vehicle and were able to stop him.
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Newell was the only reporter at the scene Friday night right after police caught Baymon on a busy stretch of road. Officers chasing Baymon had little time to make critical decisions. At one point, police said he was driving 100 mph along Richard D. Sailors Parkway as he flew right by a school bus and into the wrong lane.
Dramatic video showed the hours-long manhunt come to an end. The adrenaline was high as officers had only minutes to spare to make the perfect move.
“Everyone present on this video is certainly in danger right now,” Capt. Anthony Stallings said of the video.
It was the second major police chase involving dangerous suspects that were arrested quickly in Powder Springs within a week apart.
Baymon was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the crash, where he remains.
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