A Richmond County deputy fired at a fleeing felon who was suspected of firing his weapon Sunday night during a domestic dispute, authorities said.
Quandre Davis, 31, was eventually captured without injuries resulting from any gunfire, sheriff’s Sgt. Caleb Lee said in a press release. The deputy who fired, Deputy Diana Santiago, has been placed on administrative leave while the sheriff’s office investigates her decision to fire at the fleeing suspect.
Warrants say Davis fired his gun before fleeing on foot. He shouted that deputies “would have to shoot him” and made a gesture that implied he was going to shoot at the deputies.
The incident started when officers responded to Damascus Road around 8:30 p.m. Sunday for a domestic incident with shots fired. The domestic violence victim told officers that Davis had earlier removed a gun from her center console and fired it away from her. He then returned back to her vehicle and fired it while she was inside the car, striking the driver’s side quarter panel and shattering the driver’s side rear window, warrants say.
“Deputies observed a male subject fire a gun in an unknown direction,” Sgt. Lee said. “When Deputies attempted to make contact with the subject, he fled on foot. During the foot pursuit, a Deputy fired one shot at the subject who continued to flee on foot until he was captured a short time later.”
The sheriff’s office said it will not send Sunday night’s officer-involved shooting to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation since no one was hurt. In the past, the agency has asked the GBI to handle cases when officers have fired their weapons in order to have an independent investigation.
“The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division is on scene and will investigate this case since no injuries occurred to the subject or deputies,” Sgt. Lee said.
Davis is charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault upon a police officer x2, weapon possession and possession of a firearm by convicted felon.
Davis spent much of his life in prison after his conviction for felonies when he was 15 years old. He was released in December 2022 after serving 14 years in state prison for multiple counts of armed robbery, kidnapping and aggravated assault. Details of those earlier crimes were not available.
