Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators identified 60-year-old Tillman Patterson Jr., of Macon. Patterson was a wanted suspect in connection to an Aggravated Assault that originally occurred on May 21, 2021, at the Circle K Gas Station located at 5602 Thomaston Road.
It was originally reported that Patterson had participated in a verbal altercation with a store clerk, resulting in him firing a single shot into the front glass of the business with a handgun. Patterson fled the scene before deputies arrived. Warrants were written for Patterson’s arrest after he was identified through a Crimestoppers tip on August 10, 2021. He was later arrested and taken into custody by Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators.
Patterson is currently being held at the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Center for Aggravated Assault. He does not have a bond.
*The original media release is attached below.
This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478)751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
Original Release:
July 27, 2021
Asking for the Public’s Assistance in Identifying and Locating Aggravated Assault Suspect
Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking for the public’s assistance in helping identify an individual in connection to an aggravated assault incident that happened on May 21, 2021, at the Circle K Gas Station, located at 5602 Thomaston Road.
It was reported that on May 21, 2021, at around 12:30 a.m., a male individual entered the store and questioned the clerk about the coffee machine. The clerk and the male individual got into a verbal altercation, and the individual when to his vehicle and got a handgun. The clerk followed the individual outside to retrieve a tray from the coffee machine, when the individual fired a single shot into the front window of the business.
The suspect was last seen traveling in a tan and late model GMC Acadia SUV eastbound on Mercer University and is reported to frequent the area. The suspect is described as a heavy-set black male, wearing glasses with a mask, dark grey baseball cap, long black sleeve shirt, dark pants, and black shoes.
Pictures of the suspect and his vehicle are attached to this media release.
Anyone with information on the identity or the whereabouts of this individual, is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478)751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.