Two men were arrested Saturday night in Dalton, Georgia, after a fight that involved gunshots broke out in the parking lot of the North Georgia Agricultural Fair grounds.
About 9:35 p.m., officers with the Dalton Police Department were on another call when they heard gunshots coming from the parking area at the fair. Officers ran toward the area and found a group of people arguing.
When officers announced themselves, one man – 22-year-old Dylan Hall – looked at the officers and ran. Officers and an off-duty Georgia State Patrol trooper ran after him. A woman in the group knocked the trooper down before he identified himself as a law enforcement officer, authorities said.
The trooper was then hit from behind multiple times by the woman’s cousin, 18-year-old Gabriel Adams, authorities said. Adams then fled from other responding Dalton officers and was eventually caught after a long foot chase.
The investigation found the fight started between an ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend. Other family members became involved, and Adams fired a handgun multiple times. When Adams saw the officers, he started to walk off as the foot chase for Hall started but stayed when his cousin started fighting the off-duty trooper.