GA deputies searching for 'armed and extremely dangerous' man they say shot his girlfriend

THOMAS COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia deputies are searching for an inmate considered “armed and extremely dangerous” accused of shooting his girlfriend.

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The Thomas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home in Barwick around 7 p.m. Friday. They found a woman shot in her torso. The woman was taken to the hospital. Her condition and identity has not been released.

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Deputies said the victim told them her boyfriend, Laron Jones, shot her. He’s wanted on charges of aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felony.

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Jones is described as 5′6″ and 240 pounds.

Deputies are searching for Jones in Thomas and Colquitt counties.

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