Law enforcement who arrested a male with an arsenal of weapons in his vehicle are attempting to figure out a motive for 3 seemingly random shootings alongside Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georgia, including 1 that critically wounded one more motorist.

Jerel Raphael Brown, 39, of Montgomery was arrested without the need of incident Wednesday close to the courthouse in LaFayette with more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition and an alarming quantity of firearms in his 1996 white Cadillac Fleetwood, law enforcement explained.

Auburn Assistant Law enforcement Chief Michael Harris said they had not found a motive for the "seemingly random shootings" as of Thursday night, but would be investigating Brown's "digital footprint" for clues.

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Authorities responded very first to a 45-year-old man who experienced remaining his car and collapsed on the pavement with a gunshot to his head, seemingly fired via his rear window as the interstate passes as a result of Auburn. The sufferer was taken by helicopter to a Montgomery healthcare facility.

Harris explained law enforcement commenced investigating the Auburn shooting at about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, and later on acquired that a capturing experienced happened an hour before in Montgomery, Alabama and then an hour later on in Troup County, Ga. The a few communities are about 55 miles (88 kilometers) aside.

Troup County Sheriff's Office environment law enforcement just take Jerel Raphael Brown into custody on Aug. 17, 2022 in LaFayette, Alabama. Brown, 39, of Montgomery was arrested devoid of incident Wednesday near the courthouse in LaFayette with more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition and an alarming variety of firearms in his 1996 white Cadillac Fleetwood in accordance to law enforcement.  (Troup County Sheriff's Business office by means of WHD)

A extend of Interstate 85 in Auburn was closed for hours when law enforcement investigated.

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No one particular was injured in the Georgia capturing. No specifics on the Montgomery taking pictures were being straight away introduced.

Harris mentioned a dozen community, condition and federal agencies aided in the investigation. Deputies in western Georgia’s Troup County reported they determined the suspect automobile using a visitors digicam, enabling data about the vehicle to be broadcast all-around the region. A deputy in Chambers County, Alabama, then spotted the car or truck and arrested Brown, who was handed in excess of to Auburn law enforcement.

Law enforcement launched images of a desk lined with what appeared to be a few handguns, at minimum 7 extensive guns with scopes, clips and boxes of ammunition they said have been recovered from the motor vehicle.

"Due to the fact of the alarming sum of weaponry recovered, mixed with the steps of the suspect, there can be small doubt that the instant collaborative initiatives of all the companies concerned ended an act of risk to the community that spanned a number of communities and into many states," Harris stated.

Brown is charged with tried murder and taking pictures into an occupied motor vehicle in connection with the Auburn shooting. Brown also faces charges in Ga of aggravated assault, possessing a gun while committing a felony and 1st-diploma legal destruction, authorities claimed.

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He was requested held devoid of bond, and court docket data did not indicate if he has an attorney to converse on behalf.