A man wanted on felony charges exchanged gunfire Monday with Hall County deputies who arrived at his home to arrest him, the GBI said.
Jason William Grindle, 34, was shot multiple times but was alert when taken to a hospital, according to a spokeswoman for the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.
Just before 2:15 p.m., Hall deputies, along with officers from the Gainesville Police Department and a GBI agent, went to Grindle’s home in the 2400 block of Brand Drive to serve warrants.
“When officers encountered Grindle outside of the home, he was armed with a handgun,” the GBI said in a news release. “HCSO deputies exchanged gunfire with Grindle and he was shot.”
No officers were injured. Grindle was treated at the hospital and later booked into the Hall jail, where he was being held without bond Tuesday morning.
Grindle was wanted on several charges, including aggravated assault, home invasion, armed robbery and exploitation of an elder person out of Stephens County, the Hall sheriff’s office said. He also was wanted in Hall, but that charge was not released.
Grindle has served four stints in state prisons, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. His most recent release was in December 2020. Grindle was previously convicted in Stephens, Franklin and Habersham counties for various felonies, including theft by taking, fleeing police and drug possession, records show.
The GBI is investigating the incident, the 29th officer-involved shooting of the year the agency has been asked to probe. The shooting was the first this year to involve a Hall County deputy, according to the GBI.
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