Man burns shed, injured in shootout with Warner Robins police, GBI says
A man was hospitalized Sunday morning after exchanging gunfire with police and setting fire to a shed outside a home in Houston County, officials said.
Warner Robins police were called around 2:30 a.m. to a domestic violence incident at a residence in the 100 block of Louis Street.
When officers arrived, they noticed Jesus Chavez-Ledesma was armed at a small storage shed behind the house, according to the GBI.
The 46-year-old, who the GBI said was involved in the domestic situation, then shot at responding officers and barricaded himself inside the shed.
“Officers attempted to negotiate with Chavez-Ledesma. During this time he set fire to the building he occupied and continued to shoot at the officers,” the GBI said. “In response, an officer returned fire, hitting Chavez-Ledesma.”
Officials said the suspect was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. No officers were injured during the incident, according to the state agency. Warner Robins firefighters ultimately extinguished the blaze.
The GBI said it will conduct an investigation into Sunday’s incident. Once completed, the case file will be given to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office for review.
The incident marked the 40th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2025. At the same time last year, the state agency had looked into 46 such shootings.
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