Suspect captured after 1 killed, 2 injured in ‘random’ shootings in Forest Park

FOREST PARK, Ga. — A man accused of killing one person and injuring two in what police called a series of “random” shootings in Forest Park has been captured.

Victor Demetrious Baymon, 33, was caught after a chase in Cobb County Friday night, police said.

Powder Springs Police said they got a notification via Flock cameras that a car reported stolen out of Forest Park was in the area. Police chased the vehicle and were able to capture the suspect, who was injured and taken to the hospital.

Video police released from the scene showed a gray vehicle that was crashed into a tree surrounded by law enforcement.

Channel 2 Action News has confirmed that the car crashed in Powder Springs is the same one Baymon is accused of stealing earlier in the day.

NewsChopper 2 was over the scene of the chase and crash Friday night, where dozens of law enforcement vehicles remained at the scene.

Police said the danger to the public was over now that Baymon has been captured.

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Police said they responded to reports of a man armed with a rifle at a tax preparation business on West Street around 10 a.m. and found two people shot at the business. One of those people died. Neither has been identified.

Police later said they believe Baymon followed his ex-girlfriend to the business and shot her tax preparer. It’s unclear if the ex-girlfriend was also injured.

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Police learned that Baymon then stole a customer’s vehicle outside the business and drove off. He ended up crashing into a building at a nearby apartment complex, Midwood Forest. Police said Baymon then got out of the wrecked car and held a woman up at gunpoint, stealing her Dodge Avenger.

Baymon then drove to an area in the 4300 block of Jonesboro Road, where a construction worker was working on a house. Police said Baymon shot the construction worker at random.

The two surviving victims were rushed into surgery. Their conditions have not been released.

Channel 2′s Tom Jones was at the scene on Jonesboro Road earlier Friday, where a block-long section of the road was cordoned off with crime scene tape. Forest Park officers removed evidence before clearing the scene.

At another scene on West Street, there were multiple officers gathered, including K9 officers.

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals, the Secret Service and Georgia State Patrol troopers are assisting in the search.

Schools and businesses were placed on lockdown while officers looked for Baymon.

In 2017, Forest Park Police confirmed that Baymon was arrested and charged with the murder of 27-year-old Priscilla Colbert on April 10.

Police found Colbert face-down with a gunshot wound in a home in Stockbridge.

Deputies spotted Baymon driving a U-Haul truck behind a Golden Corral restaurant on April 11 and tried to pull him over.

Deputies said when they tried to pull him over, he rammed one of the patrol cars with the truck before being arrested.

He was charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm, kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault of an officer and fleeing police. He was found not guilty on all but count nine, fleeing police, and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Baymon was released in 2022.

According to her obituary, Colbert was a military wife and mother who left behind children ages 7 and 2 at the time.

Today, law enforcement gathers for memorial service for Spalding County deputy killed in the line of duty

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