MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — Both suspects are in custody after a Monroe County deputy was shot at during a traffic stop that turned into a car chase Tuesday night.
Here’s everything we know about what happened:
THE TRAFFIC STOP
A deputy tried to make a traffic stop on a speeding Lincoln Sedan on I-75 South around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to Anna Lewis with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
She says the driver didn’t stop, and a chase began. That’s when someone in the car fired three shots at the deputy while driving down the road.
According to Lewis, the driver then crashed into a tree at a rest stop, and both the driver and passenger got out and ran away into the woods.
Deputies found meth, cocaine, a scale and a gun instead the vehicle.
THE SUSPECTS
Captain Jeff Thompson said one suspect was caught around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday and taken to the Monroe County jail.
A Facebook post from the sheriff’s office later revealed his identity to be 23-year-old Eugene Wilson, of Covington. The post says he was caught around Pea Ridge Road and Highway 41.
The second suspect was identified as 26-year-old Justin Michael Donley, and the sheriff’s office arrested him around 8:30 a.m.
WHO IS JUSTIN DONLEY?
According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Donley was released from prison in May 2018 after serving a little less than four years of a 15-year burglary sentence out of Pike County.
He was last held at Phillips State Prison in Gwinnett County. One of his known aliases is Christopher Arnold, the department says.
Donley has very distinctive facial tattoos. He’s around 5’10” and weighs 188 pounds. His eye color is blue.
Wilson is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, fleeing/eluding an officer, driving without a license, reckless driving, speeding (130 mph in a 70), VGCSA x 2 and possession of drug related objects.
Donley is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a felon, VGCSA x 2 and possession of drug related objects.
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