On November 6, 2016, a domestic dispute over ATVs near Byron, Georgia, ended when a neighbor, identified as Ralph Stanley Elrod, opened fire as officers approached his home. Sergeant Patrick Michael Sondron, 41, a United States Air Force veteran who had served 13 years with the Peach County Sheriff’s Office after earlier work with Fort Valley and Byron police departments, was shot as he and Deputy Daryl Smallwood responded to a 911 call about a resident threatened with a firearm. Both deputies were struck; Sondron was transported to a local hospital and died of his injuries, while Smallwood was critically injured and died two days later.

Elrod continued shooting at additional officers from behind a patrol car and was wounded and taken into custody. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of murder and multiple counts of aggravated assault. Security footage recovered from Elrod’s home captured the initial confrontation and shooting. If anyone knew Sergeant Sondron or witnessed the events that afternoon, does anyone have further information to share?