Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators and members of the United States Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) made an arrest in the investigation of an aggravated assault against a Sheriff’s Deputy that occurred on February 9, 2022.
It was originally reported that on February 9, 2022, several individuals fired shots at a deputy while in the area of General Winship Drive. According to investigators, 22-year-old Cameron Lavon Braxton of Macon, was identified as one of the individuals involved. Braxton was located in the 5000 block of Mercer University Drive and was served a warrant for Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer.
Braxton was taken to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigation Division to be interviewed.
After being interviewed, he was transported to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Complex for the charge of Aggravated Assault Against a Law Enforcement Officer. Braxton does not have a bond.
The original media release is attached below.
Additional arrests are pending further investigation. Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478)751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
February 9, 2022
Original Media Release
Shots Fired at a Bibb County Deputy
At around 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, an undercover Bibb County Sheriff’s Office deputy was performing a neighborhood check around Rogers Place, when he observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The deputy noticed that the four male occupants inside of the vehicle were all wearing ski masks.
The deputy began to follow the vehicle as it made its way to General Winship Drive. The vehicle stopped and the four masked occupants got out, and began firing gunshots towards the undercover deputy as he was traveling down General Winship Drive South.
The deputy took cover inside of his vehicle, and was unable to return fire. The deputy nor his vehicle were struck by the gunfire. The shooters got back into their vehicle and headed towards Old Holton Road. The deputy attempted to catch up to the vehicle, but lost sight as the it turned left onto Riverside Drive.
The vehicle is described as a silver in color, Kia sedan, possibly a Kia Optima. The Kia has four doors, and a handicap tag. The front bumper, on the driver’s side, was hanging down towards the ground. Additional units, investigators, and crime scene investigators arrived in the area, but were unable to locate the shooters.
Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.