Former Police Officer Fatally Shoots Ex-Wife, Wounds 2 Cops

In this undated photo real eased by the Habersham County (Ga.) Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Joey Terrell poses for an official portrait. A shooting killed three people, including the suspect who was a former police ... In this undated photo real eased by the Habersham County (Ga.) Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Joey Terrell poses for an official portrait. A shooting killed three people, including the suspect who was a former police officer, and also left Terrell and a deputy wounded in what authorities described as an ambush in northeastern Georgia. Terrell and Deputy Bill Zigan were shot and hospitalized. State Patrol Capt. Mark Perry said their injuries "don't appear serious." (AP Photo/Habersham County Sheriff's Department) MORE LESS

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a former law enforcement officer fatally shot his ex-wife and wounded a sheriff and deputy at a home in northeastern Georgia.

Russell Andrews with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says 41-year-old Anthony Giaquinta killed 40-year-old Kathy Giaquinta Smith at the home in Clarkesville.

A friend of Smith, 45-year-old Steven Thomas Singleton, was found dead outside the home, and authorities believe Giaquinta shot him as well.

Andrews says Giaquinta was found dead in the back yard of the home, and it is believed he was fatally wounded when he exchanged gunfire with a sheriff’s deputy who responded to a 911 call of domestic violence at the home.

Andrews says Giaquinta also shot and wounded Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell and Deputy Bill Zigan.

Giaquinta was a former police officer and sheriff’s deputy.

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  1. if I predict more and more cop-on-cop violence, what do I win?

  2. Hey, he was trying to make a point.
    The vows says till death do us part. not alimony, not child support and of course, no free ride for the ex-wife.
    So kill everybody and my defense will be. I was defending myself. everybody was shooting at meeeee.

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