McCaysville Police Captain Brantley Worley Stable After Being Shot on Duty, Suspect Timothy Craig Ramsey Arrested

A McCaysville police captain, Brantley Worley, is on the path of recovery after being shot in the face this past Friday night. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, the incident occurred while the officer was responding to a call about a suspicious person. Despite the injuries, including a brain bleed and a broken nose, that has made breathing difficult, doctors at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga report Worley's condition as stable.

The suspect in the shooting, 26-year-old Timothy Craig Ramsey, was apprehended after a daylong manhunt in a wooded area near Bethel Church, as detailed by WCAX. Friends and colleagues of Worley are providing support, with a GoFundMe page set up to help with the family's medical expenses, travel costs, and household needs while his wife stays by his side in the hospital. McCaysville Police Chief Michael Earley expressed the department's gratitude for the outpouring of support, stating, "We all know as a fellow law enforcement family that if that was their last call would they answer it? And we all know yes they would because that's what they signed up for," Jessica Harrison, a friend of Worley's, told FOX 5 Atlanta.

Officer Worley, who has 15 years of law enforcement experience and was promoted to captain in July, was shot in the throat after officers responded to a report of a suspicious car on Central Avenue around 11 p.m., eventually locating the suspect less than a mile away. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) issued a Blue Alert to assist in the search for Ramsey, who aside from the charges relating to the shooting faces accusations from neighbors of previous aggressive and violent behavior, one neighbor recounting an instance where Ramsey shot out his windows.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp extended his sympathy online, “Marty, the girls, and I are asking all Georgians to join us in praying for this officer who was shot in the line of duty, as well as all law enforcement who face this kind of danger on a regular basis to protect their communities,” he said in a statement obtained by WCAX. The case has seen collaboration among several local and federal law enforcement agencies, inclusive of Homeland Security Investigations. As the situation unfolds, further updates surrounding this incident, and Officer Worley's condition will be closely monitored by the community and the law enforcement family alike.