A man killed in a double shooting that led to a six-hour SWAT standoff Tuesday in Habersham County has been identified as 32-year-old Jesse Robert Looney.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of this … tragic event,” Habersham coroner Kasey McEntire said.
The official cause of Looney’s death has not been determined, he said.
The standoff ended with the arrest of a man law enforcement officials know as anti-government activist Tommy Savage, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Savage, 56, is the father of a college-age daughter who was convicted of making pipe bombs in 2012.
Savage had been holed up inside a home in the 1000 block of Garrison Road following a domestic incident between Savage and a woman living at the residence, police told WTOC-TV in Savannah.
The woman left and returned with two men, who Savage allegedly shot.
Looney was killed during the exchange. The other man was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated and released, WTOC-TV reported.
Authorities pointed rifles at the house Savage occupied after the shooting. A Georgia State Patrol helicopter and K9 units were called to the scene, near the city of Cornelia between Garner and Pea Ridge roads, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook message.
At one point, Habersham sheriff’s deputies went door to door to ask all citizens to leave the area.
Just before 11 a.m., Habersham Sheriff Joey Terrell told Channel 2 Action News Savage had been taken into custody without incident.
“The area has been cleared, but the investigation is still ongoing at this time,” the sheriff’s office said in another Facebook post.
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