A suspect who opened fire on Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office deputies Sunday is behind bars after an all-night search.
Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said Gerardo Jonathan "Jerry" Flowers was apprehended late Monday morning. Jarrard did not release details on the exact time and location of the arrest.
Flowers, who was wanted on arrest warrants in Lumpkin, Hall and Habersham counties led deputies on a vehicle chase in the Mt. Olive Church Road area near Dahlonega before getting out of his car and fleeing. Jarrard said law enforcement officers were worried about Flowers being a danger to the public.
"He unfortunately had put a note out that he was wanting to do suicide by cop," Jarrard said in a video released prior to the arrest.
Jarrard said the deputy who was the apparent target of Flowers' gunfire was not injured.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office said Flowers was wanted for probation violation, theft by taking and criminal trespass - all misdemeanor charges - in Hall County. Flowers was wanted in Habersham County for battery in violation of the Family Violence Act from an incident in 2019, according to the Habersham County Sheriff's Office. Lumpkin County has not released details on charges for Flowers.
Original story posted Sunday, July 11 at 3:37 p.m.
Officers in Lumpkin County are currently involved in a chase with an "extremely dangerous man" in the Mt. Olive Church Road area in Dahlonega.
According to a post on the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, officers came in contact with Gerardo Jonathan "Jerry" Flowers, who fled from his vehicle into the woods. He was also shooting at the officers.
Officers have the area surrounded and are looking for him using Georgia State Patrol aviation and man-tracking dogs.
The Sheriff's Office urges people in the area to lock up their property and call 911 if they see anyone entering.
Flowers has charges in Hall and Habersham counties already and charges pending in Lumpkin County.
