GBI: Deputy charged in drive-by shooting kills himself

[Ian David]

By DEBBIE NEWBY
Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA (AP) -- A north Georgia sheriff's deputy charged in a drive-by shooting has killed himself, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said Thursday.

Towns County Deputy Jessie Gibson died less than a month before the district attorney planned to take charges against him, the other deputy and the sheriff to a grand jury in the county along the North Carolina line.

The GBI was notified about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after family members found Gibson's body behind his house. Gibson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Bankhead said.

Gibson left a tape-recorded message for his family that has been turned over to the GBI, which took over the investigation into his death, Bankhead said.

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[karlrschneider]

1. Saved the state a wad of money.

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[Kingshakabobo]

2. Good riddance to a crooked pig. n/t

[bluestateguy]

3. Coward

I guess now his wife and kids can get some kind of survivor benefits now as he not technically a convicted felon.