Police are still searching for Jimmy Brian Blackmon this afternoon, and now believe he might be somewhere in the area around Highway 101 and Pleasant Valley Road, where he was last seen by his son.

Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd reported that Blackmon’s son, Corey Brian Blackmon, 21, was arrested overnight on charges of obstruction of law enforcement officers after he told police at first that he didn’t know his father’s whereabouts following the shooting death of Ginger Leanne Green Blackmon, 36, on Sunday night. However, police learned that his son was involved in getting his father out of his truck, and ultimately leaving him on the side of the road.

Blackmon, 50, remains at-large and is considered armed and dangerous at this time. Police reported that he was last seen by his son at 101 and Pleasant Valley Road, where he let his father out of his own truck.

The two met up at the East Rome Walmart on Highway 411 late Sunday night, where Blackmon left his 2015 GMC Sierra pickup truck that was later located by police. A truck driver parked nearby in the Walmart parking lot witnessed the father getting in the son’s truck reported the incident after he had heard about the shooting earlier in the evening on social media.

He is now believed to be on foot in the Floyd County area after police initially thought he fled to the Bartow County area. Officers have searched a nearby relative’s home and did not find any evidence that Blackmon was there.

Check back for more details as they become available from the Polk County Police.

Previously posted:

Polk County Police remain on the hunt for the lone suspect who fled the scene of a shooting on Sunday night. Officials also released the name of the victim as well.

Coroner Norman Smith said that Ginger Leanne Green Blackmon, 36, of 118 Rice Road, died on the scene Sunday.

The relationship is yet to be fully determined between the two, but officials still believe it was a domestic incident that led to the shooting on Sunday evening.

Law enforcement is asking for your help in locating Jimmy Brian Blackmon, 50, of 118 Rice Road. An active warrant for murder is in place for his arrest, and police have reported that he is considered armed and dangerous at this time.

Blakmon is a white male with dark brown hair and brown eyes. Height and weight information were not immediately available.

He is alleged to have shot and killed a woman Sunday around 8:30 p.m. at the Rice Road address and fled the scene in the incident. He was last seen in a black 2015 GMC Sierra, license plate RVN1626. He is believed to have fled toward the area of Bartow County following the shooting.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to aid with the investigation as well. The Polk County Police did thank other agencies for their aid at the scene on Sunday night.

Officials have not yet released the name of the victim. Additional updates are expected to follow today with more information.

If you have any knowledge about the whereabouts of Blackmon, please contact 911 immediately. You can also contact Detective Caleb Bowman (#810) at (404) 807-7032.