--- description: A shooting and its mysterious aftermath left three dead and a sheriff and his deputy wounded in a small Georgia town on Sunday. title: Georgia Shooting Leaves Three Dead, Two Wounded, Questions Unanswered image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfd5cfbff049c0e4/69878090f887dc2071e8a414/officers-shot-georgia_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Georgia Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, Questions Unanswered  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 23, 2015 4:08 PM CUT  Sheriff Joey Terrell of Habersham County, Ga. Sheriff Joey Terrell of Habersham County, Ga.Habersham County Sheriff's Department/AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 23, 2015 4:08 PM CUT Authorities were attempting to [piece together](http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2015/02/22/deputies-shot-habersham-county/23861713/ "undefined") Monday the sequence of events in a shooting incident in Georgia over the weekend that left three people dead and a sheriff and his deputy injured. Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell and deputy William Zigan found a woman dead on Sunday while investigating a domestic disturbance at the Clarkesville home of former deputy Anthony Gianquinta, according to local news reports. The woman was later identified as Gianquinta’s ex-wife. The officers fled the scene after a suspect, believed to be Gianquinta, shot and wounded both of them. When law enforcement officials returned to the scene later, Gianquinta and a third, unidentified man were both dead on the premises. Both Terrell and Zigan were hospitalized at Northeast Georgia Medical Center and were said to be improving. \[[_NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-deputy-found-dead-after-allegedly-shooting-ex-wife-sheriff-n310741 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3718637/georgia-shooting-sheriff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3718637/georgia-shooting-sheriff/"},"headline":"Georgia Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, Questions Unanswered","datePublished":"2015-02-23T16:08:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:37:42.633Z","description":"The gunfight apparently pitted a former sheriff's deputy against the sheriff","url":"https://time.com/3718637/georgia-shooting-sheriff/","keywords":["Crime","States","georgia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfd5cfbff049c0e4/69878090f887dc2071e8a414/officers-shot-georgia_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfd5cfbff049c0e4/69878090f887dc2071e8a414/officers-shot-georgia_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joey Terrell","caption":"Joey Terrell","creditText":"Habersham County Sheriff's Department/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3718637/georgia-shooting-sheriff/","name":"Georgia Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, Questions Unanswered"}}]}] ```