Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Acworth Murder Suspect Arrested After Standoff

The remaining suspect in the shooting death of a Woodstock man remains at large.

UPDATE at 7:24 p.m.: Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office confirmed suspect John Michael Taylor of Acworth has been taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home near Dawsonville. Suspect Benson Kyle Lloyd remains at large, and Baker said the agency considers him "armed and dangerous." 

ORIGINAL STORY

One suspect is on custody in the shooting death of a Woodstock man.

Dawson County Sheriff Billy Carlisle told Patch late Tuesday afternoon that Krystle Gail Taylor, 27, of Dawsonville was arrested this afternoon after a SWAT standoff at a home on the 1600 block of Harmony Church Road.

However, one suspect remains barricaded inside the home and another male suspect has not been located.

Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office have charged Taylor, John Michael Taylor, 27, of Acworth and Benson Kyle Lloyd, 28, of Jasper with felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Christopher Pierce, 47, was found dead inside his home Sunday evening. 

It's unclear which of the men are inside the home. 

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