A DeKalb man was arrested in Tennessee Wednesday night for his alleged involvement in a gang shooting in DeKalb in 2007.

George J. Campos, 31, was arrested in Elizabethton, Tenn., in Carter County, after DeKalb investigators received an anonymous tip on his location, said DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler. Campos was found hiding in a residence and arrested on a warrant from DeKalb for aggravated discharge of a firearm, Spangler said.

At about 8 p.m., the Carter County Sheriff’s Department was told by DeKalb Police that Campos was residing at a residence in Elizabethton and was considered armed and dangerous with prior offenses according to Carter County Sheriff’s Department police report.

When police arrived at the residence, they saw Campos through the doorway in the kitchen. Campos then moved to the back of the residence and was found in a utility room where he was arrested without incident according to the report.

Campos was transported to the Carter County Jail and is being held on $250,000 bond and is scheduled for court today where his extradition will be determined.

“Our investigators got the tip and contacted their police department, and we coordinated efforts to locate him,” Spangler said.

The DeKalb gang shooting was on April 1, 2007 at about 3 a.m., Campos allegedly fired several shots at a residence in the 200 block of Maplewood Ave., breaking a window on the second floor of a residence, according to a DeKalb Police Department news release. The tenant was home at the time of the shooting but was not injured.

The shooting is believed to be gang-related and in retaliation to a fight Campos was in earlier that night, Spangler said. Campos’ name came up early in the investigation, but several witnesses and people of interest were hard to reach, Spangler said. Following the investigation, a warrant was issued for Campos’ arrest on July 21.

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