ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Late Saturday night, troopers from the Georgia State Patrol were involved in a shooting incident at a Rockdale County gas station.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a GSP Trooper and his cadet pulled over an SUV for speeding. They say the driver, later identified as 34-year-old Tony Ward, pulled into a gas station parking lot on Sigman Road and started circling gas pumps to try and get away from the trooper.
Once the SUV stopped, the passenger, 41-year-old Chester Williams, got out of the car and started shooting at the troopers. They returned fire and shot Williams.
Williams was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital. There is no word on his current condition.
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Ward ran away from the gas station, but Rockdale County deputies found him at a business down the street. He was arrested and turned over to GSP.
One Trooper was injured in the incident and taken to the hospital, but it’s unclear how he was injured.
Early in the morning on Sunday, Channel 2′s Bryan Mims was at the scene, where crime scene tape and multiple patrol vehicles were visible at a Shell gas station and in the surrounding area.
GBI is now handling the investigation of the incident. They’ll turn over their findings to the Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office.
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