Timothy Hal Cartee, 48, of Statesboro, Georgia, died in the early morning hours of Monday, June 15, 2015. He was found unresponsive beside his vehicle at the Flash Car Wash on Fair Road after someone called Statesboro police about 8 a.m. According to the investigation, Cartee had been cleaning his vehicle when a firearm he possessed accidentally discharged, and the gunshot wound was fatal. The Bulloch County Coroner responded to the scene and Statesboro’s Public Safety Director, Wendell Turner, said foul play was not suspected.

Cartee had worked in the print shop at Georgia Southern University for 22 years and was remembered by his family as a loving father and grandfather. Following the inquiry that determined the shooting to be accidental, no arrests were made and no suspects were identified. If anyone was in the area of the Flash Car Wash that morning or has information about what happened, please come forward.