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Police arrest suspect after gunshots fired, chase; no one hurt
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Hit and run investigator Ryan Daly warns a passerby that the remaining stretch of Bob Bryant Road is closed during a search for a suspect in Gainesville, on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Sections of Bob Bryant Road and Mangum Road were blocked while search efforts were underway. - photo by David Barnes
Police responded in force Thursday after a Georgia State Patrol trooper heard three gunshots while approaching a car in Hall County, according to authorities. Around 3:45 p.m. April 5, a trooper from Athens was patrolling on Old State Road in Jackson County when he saw a black BMW pass multiple cars while driving “at a high rate of speed.” The trooper then turned on his lights and sirens.