A Dalton police officer shot at a man in a second floor window this morning after the man pointed a weapon at him, according to a news release from the police department.• Updated at 3:55 p.m. to report arrest.• Updated at 5:35 p.m. with more details.
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205 Cappes Street
Baldemar Jaramillo-Garcia, 20, was arrested by the Dalton Police this morning after he pointed a weapon at an officer, and the officer subsequently shot at him through a second floor window, according to a news release from the police department.
An officer was driving by the townhouse apartment where Jaramillo-Garcia lived, at 205 Cappes Street, when a woman on the street flagged the officer down and told him a fight was taking place at the residence.
The officer arrived at approximately 8:30 a.m., and found Jaramillo-Garcia and a woman in a physical fight outside of the residence. Other officers began to arrive on scene, and Jaramillo-Garcia was given verbal commands to surrender, according to police.
Jaramillo-Garcia, wearing a ballistic bulletproof vest, told officers to shoot him and refused to surrender, before running inside the residence and to an upstairs window.