Police Chief Visits Adairsville Shooting Victim

ADAIRSVILLE, GA — The man who was seriously wounded in a shooting Monday morning outside a convenience store received a visit from the man tasked with overseeing the Adairsville Police Department.

Police Chief Mike Jones paid a visit to Jonathan Meyer and his family on Wednesday at the hospital. Meyer, as readers recall, was shot inside his pickup truck on Monday, May 7 at QuikTrip on Ga. 140 east of Interstate 75. Three people, Michael Sean Conner, Destany Marie Schubert, and Kristy Lynn Davis, have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting.

According to the Adairsville Police Department's Facebook page, Meyer, 30, has a long journey ahead on his path to recovery. The agency added the family is a close-knit group, and that Meyer is a "wonderful man who unfortunately did everything right on the morning of the incident."

Adairsville police say Meyer was traveling from Tennessee where he attended a wedding and was making his way back home to Florida. Meyer grew tired and "being the responsible person that he is," he decided to pull over and take a nap.

"He pulled into a very safe, well-lit gas station to take a nap like any one of us have probably done before," the police department said. "Unknown to him that he was parked beside three individuals who were about to change his life forever."

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The three suspects were booked into jail on charges of aggravated assault, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery and discharging a firearm within a vehicle towards a person. Davis was arrested Wednesday evening in Ringgold while Schubert was apprehended on Monday in Walker County. For his part, Conner was also arrested on Monday in Marion County, Tenn., following a police chase of a stolen vehicle.

Adairsville police note Meyer is part of a good family that cares for him and has raised him to be an "outstanding young man."

"Please continue to keep Jonathan and his family in your thoughts and prayers as Jonathan has a long road to recovery ahead of him," the agency added. "Please pray that Jonathan will continue to improve and gain more mobility and feeling each day that passes until he is up and walking again."

Image via Adairsville Police Department