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A multi-agency search for a man accused of shooting a Florida police officer in the head ended Saturday morning after cops found the defiant suspect hiding in a Georgia property affiliated with a Black nationalist group.

Othal Wallace, whose senseless attack left the Daytona Beach officer in critical condition, was armed with flash bangs, two rifles and two handguns when police found him in a treehouse just outside Atlanta, authorities said. The hiding spot and the main house next to it are part of a heavily wooded property linked to a self-described militia dubbed the Not F—ing Around Coalition, or NFAC.

The 29-year-old suspect was arrested without further incident — but he did not go quietly.

As he was taken into custody, Wallace told cops, “You guys know who I am. You know what I am capable of. It could’ve been a lot worse,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young