UPDATE: Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson retracted his previous statement tonight that Robert Dean Root fired shots at two deputies in Rossville, Georgia, today. Root is serving time at Lee State Prison in Leesburg, Georgia.
Wilson also said that John A. Ross III – who was previously accused of riding with Root during a police chase today – may not have actually been in the car. After word initially came out that Ross was a person of interest in the case, officers found him and arrested him for a violation of his probation. But officers have not been able to confirm that he was involved in the chase.
Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said a suspect fired at two deputies after a short car chase in Rossville, Georgia, on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018.Wilson said investigators believed Root shot at the deputies because they received bad information from the owner of a car that the shooter drove today. The woman told officers that Root was the driver. But later today, members of the Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed that Root is still in prison right now.
“We got to shake her down, find out why she lied to us, why she sent us on a wild goose chase,” Wilson said. “… We’re dealing with that now.”
The shooter – whoever he is – remains at large.