Man Arrested After Shooting, Manhunt In Snellville: Police

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Shawn Davis, 43, was the subject of a SWAT team standoff and manhunt that shut down a Gwinnett County highway for hours early Monday morning. He is now in police custody, according to WSB-TV.

Law enforcement authorities closed all lanes in both directions of Highway 78 near Summit Chase Drive after a man shot at a Snellville police officer before sunrise Monday. According to WSB-TV, Snellville police officers were investigating a “suspicious vehicle” around 3 a.m. and at some point, a man fired at an officer, who fired back. Fox 5 Atlanta reported that the man fled into the woods after the officer shot back.

The GBI is investigating an OIS involving the Snellville Police Department and Shawn Davis, 43, of Kentucky. Police and Davis exchanged gunfire, but no one was struck or injured. https://t.co/oAuR8pe4nI pic.twitter.com/LE63qlQXCp
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) January 11, 2021

The officer was not hurt, but law enforcement began a massive manhunt for the suspect. Around 8 a.m. Monday, the suspect was arrested and taken into custody, WSB-TV reported.

Confirmed: suspect found and arrested...no one hurt https://t.co/W3UyTSZRvc
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) January 11, 2021

There is still a heavy police presence on Hwy. 78 at Summit Chase Drive with lanes still closed in both directions as of 9:15 a.m. Monday, according to WSB-TV’s traffic center. Drivers are encouraged to use Temple Johnson Road and Skyland Drive as alternate routes.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting, the agency announced on social media, its second officer-involved shooting of 2021, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The GBI has responded to an OIS at the request of Snellville Police Department. Agents are working to gather details. pic.twitter.com/hoGhsqYyI0
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) January 11, 2021