UPDATE: Suspect deceased - Suspect located in shooting death of woman at Williston business
Photos of Segar and truck courtesy of WPD.
The victim was identified as Ariel Griffin, a mother of two from Williston, Florida.
According to WGXA News in Macon, Georgia, deputies with the Dooly County (Georgia) Sheriff's Office spotted Segar's vehicle - a blue and yellow Chevrolet Silverado with the letters DGD on the side - in Pinehurst, Georgia and began a pursuit of the vehicle, during which Segar pointed a rifle out of his window and began firing shots. He twice ran off the roadway, then lost control of his vehicle, which flipped onto its right side. Deputies surrounded the vehicle and called in the Houston County (Georgia) Sheriff's Office Special Response Team, Georgia State Trooper aviators, Crisp County (Georgia) K9 units, Georgia Department of Corrections K9 units, agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the U.S. Marshals Service. After receiving no response from Segar, a robot was used to flip the vehicle to look inside it. When U.S. Marshals felt it was safe to approach Segar, he was found with a gunshot wound to his head. Dooly County EMS arrived on scene, pronounced Segar dead, and notified the local coroner. The case was turned over to the GBI for investigation.
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Suspect located in shooting death of woman at Williston business
Williston Police Department (WPD)
Williston, Florida - At 5:17 am on Monday morning, June 19, 2023, the Williston Police Department (WPD) was dispatched to Monterey Boats, located at 636 N. Main St. in Williston, with the report of a shooting.
Officers arrived on scene to find that a woman had been fatally shot. Emergency medical services responsed to the scene, but were unable to save the woman. The victim had been involved in a previous domestic relationship with the suspect, 31 year-old Jonathon Jerome Segar, according to a press release by WPD Police Chief Mike Rolls.
The suspect left the scene in a Chevrolet pickup truck with blue and yellow graphics advertising “DGD” Discount Garage Doors
The WPD worked with the State Attorney's Office Eighth Judicial Circuit, and by late afternoon had obtained an arrest warrant for Segar for premeditated murder.
Shortly after 7:00 pm, Chief Rolls issued another press release that stated, "With the dedicated support of other law enforcement agencies, the suspect has been located and is no longer a threat to the public and the victim’s family. Additional information will be released as it is available. At this time please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."
According to reports, the deceased woman is the mother of two and shares a two year-old child with Segar.