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Caleb D. Hooten

Gender : Male

Age : 22

Race : Black

Date : 10/10/2023

Location : Marvin Garden Apartments, Edwards St

City : Warner Robins

County : Peach

State : Georgia

Agency : Peach County SO

Officer(s) :Hermes Rodriguez

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after failed traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

In the early afternoon of 10/10/2023, Peach County Sheriff’s deputies tried to traffic-stop on a Honda Accord EX on State University Drive, Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia for a traffic violation. The driver, Caleb D. Hooten, age 22, of Warner Robins, GA, did not stop. Police escalated a chase that ended at the Marvin Garden Apartments on Edwards Street when Hooten stopped, ran into the woods, with deputies chasing him on foot. Once in the woods, police allege that Hooten pulled out a gun. They shot and killed him. No BWC, other video or eyewitnesses can be located to compare to the official police narrative. Police did not disclose why they traffic-stopped him or what the urgency was that led to a high-speed chase and fatal shooting as a result of a failed traffic stop.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article280391994.html

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-10-11/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-peach-county-ga