Thursday, April 30, 2009

Off-Duty Gwinnett County Sheriff Fatally Shot

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an off-duty Gwinnett County sheriff, who was killed early Thursday morning in a house in Dacula.

According to authorities, Don Bassett, 38, who had been with the sheriff's department for 17 years, was fatally shot in an apparent domestic dispute with a young woman in the house.

The woman, who was initially indentified as Bassett's girlfriend, was being questioned by authorities.

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