WESTVILLE — A suspect is in stable condition after he was shot by a Holmes County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Monday.
HCSO received a tip at 9:45 a.m. Monday that two men with active Holmes County warrants were at a residence on Mt. Pleasant Road in Westville, police reported. Deputies arrived at the residence to make contact with John Earl Judah and Dylan John Weiler.
Weiler was sitting in a stolen vehicle in the yard of the home when deputies arrived, police said. As officers approached the vehicle, Weiler pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the deputy, according to police. The deputy fired his weapon, striking Weiler, and he was transported to a Bay County hospital, where he remains in stable condition, the HCSO reported.
According to HCSO, Judah remained barricaded inside the residence for five hours. When he did not respond to a deputy’s commands to exit the home, HSCO requested assistance from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office SWAT unit. Judah was apprehended without incident and transported to Holmes County Jail, police reported.
Weiler has multiple charges against him in Bay and Holmes counties. He is charged with violation of probation, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and dealing in stolen property, felon in possession of a firearm and aggravated assault with a firearm on a law enforcement officer.
Judah was charged with violation of probation, possession of methamphetamine and failure to pay child support.