Shaq Donates $5K To Reward For Wanted Henry County Officer Murder Suspect

STOCKBRIDGE, GA — A reward for the arrest of a man accused of fatally shooting a Henry County Policeman has doubled after NBA great Shaquille O’Neal contributed to the amount.

Thursday evening Officer Paramhans Desai was shot and when he tried to arrest 22-year-old Jordan Jackson while responding to a domestic dispute at a home near Florida Drive in McDonough. Jackson, who is being accused by police of shooting Desai, sped away and a police reward of $30,000 was issued with a warrant for his arrest on aggravated assault charges.

Desai died Monday at Grady Memorial Hospital, police said, and the reward was subsequently increased to $60,000.

O’Neal, who is an NBA analyst and Community Relations Director for the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, contributed $5,000 to the original reward, sheriff’s officials told Patch.

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Jackson remained at large Tuesday wanted now on aggravated assault and murder charges and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations has taken lead in the case, issuing a Blue Alert — a safety alert for suspects wanted for either severely injuring or killing a police officer.

He was last seen in a white 2016 Honda Civic, Georgia license plate RXF0384, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and black sweatpants. Jackson, a 5-foot, 6-inch, 165-pound black man, is considered armed and dangerous, the GBI said.

Anyone with information about Jackson’s location is asked to call the Henry County Non-Emergency Dispatch at 770-957-9121 or call 911. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.