{"id":106844,"date":"2024-08-19T00:03:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/georgia-sheriffs-deputy-killed-after-being-ambushed-responding-to-domestic-dispute-call\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T00:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:03:28","slug":"georgia-sheriffs-deputy-killed-after-being-ambushed-responding-to-domestic-dispute-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/georgia-sheriffs-deputy-killed-after-being-ambushed-responding-to-domestic-dispute-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia sheriff’s deputy killed after being ‘ambushed’ responding to domestic dispute call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paulding County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(DALLAS, Ga.) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Saturday night while responding to a call about a domestic dispute, officials said.<\/p>\n

Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge identified the deceased deputy as Brandon Cunningham, a 30-year-old father of two.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, we’ve lost a hero,” Gulledge said.<\/p>\n

Cunningham and another deputy were “ambushed” while responding to a home in Hiram after receiving reports of a domestic dispute, Maj. Ashley Henson said during a press conference later Saturday night.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, it appears as if our deputies were ambushed,” Henson said, calling it a “tremendously tragic situation.”<\/p>\n

Upon arriving at the address, the deputies were met with gunfire from the suspect inside the home, Henson said.<\/p>\n

Cunningham was struck, while the other deputy avoided the gunfire.<\/p>\n

A female victim at the scene was also shot and was transported to the ICU. She was in stable condition as of Saturday night, officials said.<\/p>\n

The male suspect, who officials have not identified, was found dead at the scene of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

Cunningham was a father of two who had worked for the sheriff’s department since 2020.<\/p>\n

His death marks the first officer killed in the line of duty in the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared to Facebook, the department called it “one of the hardest in the history of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office.”<\/p>\n

“I ask that you pray for this family — both blood and blue,” Gulledge said during the press conference. “Everybody here is hurting, our whole staff is hurting.”<\/p>\n

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