September 10, 2020–10:34 a.m.

STAFF REPORTS

A Go Fund Me page has been set up for a man who was shot during an encounter with a wanted fugitive on Cline Road in Gordon County Wednesday.

Eddie Cloer was airlifted to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.

He is in stable condition and the family is raising money to cover medical bills.

The fugitive, Dalton Potter of Texas, was taken into custody several hours after Cloer was shot.

Potter was wanted for the shooting of a Whitfield County Deputy.

The deputy also survived thanks to his ballistic vest.