On February 13, 1996, Gilmer County Deputy Sheriff Brett C. Dickey, 30, was killed while officers attempted to serve a warrant on a man who had barricaded himself inside a mobile home near Ellijay, Georgia. Officers deployed tear gas to flush the suspect out; the man fled and then opened fire during the attempt to apprehend him. Deputy Dickey was struck and fatally wounded.

Dickey had served with the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office for four years and left behind a wife and a nine-month-old son. The shooting prompted a large law enforcement response and the suspect was taken into custody after the incident.

Are there details from that day or about Deputy Dickey’s service that anyone in the area can share?