Police: Suspect in I-85 Shootings Had 2,000 Rounds of Ammo

Police: Suspect in I-85 Shootings Had 2,000 Rounds of Ammo
Troup County Sheriff's Office police take Jerel Raphael Brown into custody in LaFayette, Ala., on Aug. 17, 2022. Troup County Sheriff's Office via AP
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AUBURN, Ala.—Police who arrested a man with an arsenal of weapons in his car are trying to determine a motive for three seemingly random shootings along Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georgia, including one that critically wounded another motorist.

Jerel Raphael Brown, 39, of Montgomery was arrested without incident Wednesday near the courthouse in LaFayette with more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition and an alarming number of firearms in his 1996 white Cadillac Fleetwood, police said.