Lieutenant Billy Ray Jiles, 42, a 20-year veteran of law enforcement, was killed in the line of duty on September 3, 2002, in Carroll County, Georgia. He was night shift commander and responding to a call about a man attempting to set his ex-wife’s house on fire in Villa Rica. The suspect fled, was followed by a citizen to an address at Clifton Terrace and Marfa Street in Carrollton, and Lieutenant Jiles responded and engaged.

A short foot pursuit led the suspect to force entry into a second home and murder the elderly resident there. Lieutenant Jiles took a defensive position outside that residence; the suspect then emerged armed with two handguns and fired, striking Jiles multiple times. Lieutenant Jiles was unable to return fire. Other officers shot and killed the suspect at the scene. Investigators later found a suicide note on the suspect and treated the incident as a suicide by cop. No arrests were made in connection with Lieutenant Jiles’s murder.

Are there details from that night or the locations involved that anyone can add to help clarify the sequence of events?