So good morning, my name is
Jakari Young chief of police.
Daytona Beach Police Department.
Approximately 2:30 this
morning a search warrant
was executed on the property on a
property that was located just outside of
Atlanta, GA, and I am thrilled
to announce that this search
warrant has resulted in the
arrest of Othel Wallace.
Involved in this search warrant was
the United States Marshall Service,
the Federal Bureau of Investigations,
the Homeland Security investigations,
the Georgia State Patrol who are
the ones that executed the search
warrant and the Decab County
Police Department.
The property was located.
Uh, in the woods in a wooded
area with two structures on it,
along with the trailer and a
tree house the rest of the
three acres is covered in woods.
The property is affiliated with an
organization called the They call
themselves the not ******
Around Coalition, or just
simply known as the FIC which is a black
nationalist paramilitary organization.
Author Wallace was located hiding in a
tree house in the treehouse with Wallace.
Was multiple flashbangs, rifle plates,
body armor, 2 rifles, two handguns,
and several boxes of ammunition.
A large arsenal of weapons was
also located in the main residence.
Four additional people were
located on this property.
The Daytona Beach Police Department
has a member assigned to the US
Marshals Task Force that member,
along with three other
Daytona Beach police officers,
were on scene with the above agencies.
And put officer Reyners handcuffs on Wallace.
Uh, this investigation is ongoing
and I want to thank the folks
that are standing up
here behind me, who have worked
tirelessly over the past 56 hours.
Since this incident occurred,
many of these folks haven't slept at best,
maybe 2 hours,
since this whole nightmare unfolded.
Some of them haven't slept at all.
I want to thank the entire Daytona
Beach Police Department for how
they all rallied around each other
and came together to support
and uplift not only themselves,
but the family of officer Jason Reiner.
I'm extremely proud of this organization
for their response to this horrific event.
I also want to thank the Evolutia
Sheriff's Office because they were
with us pretty much immediately from
the time this incident occurred.
They were.
Locked in step with us,
the sheriff sent out to mutual
aid requests and we had agencies
from all over Central Florida that
responded into the area and took part
in this manhunt and I'm extremely
grateful to all of their miles.
So I want to thank. I can't thank.
Thank them all but just the.
The community,
not just the community.
People from all over the country that
have flooded this department with
nothing but support offering their resources.
And again, I just can't thank them enough.
I also want to give a brief update
on Officer Rayner and his condition.
As of yesterday there were very
positive signs of improvement.
He still has a ways to go,
but basically.
From his condition right now they
feel comfortable moving forward
with more testing because they've
determined that he's now strong
enough to endure more testing.
So as of right now, his outlook is.
It is improving.
It's a positive one,
but we're just going to continue
to pray that he continues to heal.
And I have the permission of
his mother and his sister to let
everybody know that you know they.
They greatly appreciate the support
that they've received and they
request that we just continue
to keep Officer Reiner and.
And our prayers.
And again, like I stated,
the majority of these folks to include
myself haven't received much sleep,
so I'm not going to go much
further into this.
But again, most importantly,
he is in custody and at some point he
will be making his way back to Daytona Beach.
So with that in mind,
I will take a few questions.
'cause like I said,
these folks have haven't slept much,
so I'm sure they're ready
to finally decompress.
Uhm?
I think everybody right now is
just experiencing the fatigue that
sets in after a huge adrenaline
dump because that's what it's
been for the past 56 hours.
Did wanna say anything when
he was arrested? Yeah he he
actually did make a statement.
What he said was you guys know who I am.
You know what I'm capable of and
it could have been a lot worse.
That was his statement.
Give what led up to the arrest.
How was it? Maintain peaceful if he was.
I think the timing of it played a lot,
played a lot to do it how it ended up.
Again, just the surveillance and the
technology that was used was phenomenal.
That ultimately led up to his arrest.
So did you receive any tip
we? We were flooded.
We were flooded with tips around the clock,
they they they didn't stop.
We had all kinds of tips coming in.
But it was solely.
It was based on the surveillance and
the technology that we were able
to utilize in the complete total
team effort of law enforcement all
over this state and the federal
level that led us to that tree
house just outside of Georgia,
where just outside of Atlanta,
GA where he was taken into custody.
What other charges could be? Those are. Uhm,
I don't know. That would be a question
for the authorities up on that end.
But obviously we know Wallace
is facing attempted first degree
murder of a law enforcement officer.
People with the members of the
militia I don't have that information.
I don't have that information.
I believe so. I believe so yes,
your biggest challenge
over the last 56 hours. UM,
probably the biggest challenge is just
just keeping everybody emotionally
intact because officer safety is just
critical and you know biggest challenge
for me is just making sure that.
You know all of our officers and everybody
involved in this investigation just
remain vigilant and just kept themselves
safe because we deal with a lot and at
some point everybody has to go home to
their family and our families worry
about us just like everybody's family.
Anybody's family members would,
but for them to just consistently
stay at it and stay out here
in these uncertain conditions.
Not knowing exactly where he was
and who was working with them.
But they never gave up.
They stayed in the fight and again,
I'm just extremely proud.
Proud of all of this.
The investigation as a whole
was extremely challenging,
but for me as the chief just worrying about,
you know them not just physically but
mentally and just wanting everybody to
be safe while we were out here hunting.
Was the weapon used in the shooting
of Officer Rayner recovered?
That's a great question.
I don't know. I don't have
that information just yet.
As far as if we've recovered
that weapon. Reaction.
Well, I woke them up to tell them the
news so you can as you can imagine there
was a huge sigh of relief and I'm hoping
they can get a few hours of sleep now.
Finally and now that now they can just solely
focus on Officer Reiner and his recovery.
But obviously I wanted to make sure
that they were notified before we send
anything out that he was in custody.