Death by Cop – 2023
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Billy Dewayne Couch
Case # :2428
Gender : Male
Age : 51
Race : White
Date : 01/25/2023
Location : 523 Pocket Rd NW
City : Sugar Valley
County : Gordon
State : Georgia
Agency : Gordon County SO
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Gordon County Sheriff’s Office states that around 1 a.m. on 01/25/2023, their deputy initiated a traffic stop on Cook Road on a truck driven by Billy Dewayne Couch, 51, of Sugar Valley. Couch did not stop and went to 523 Pocket Road in Sugar Valley to the back of the home. The deputy who had pursued him,blocked the truck with his patrol car. Couch got out of the car. It is unknown what happened next but the deputy shot and killed Couch. Couch had been unarmed and police did not explain why the deputy shot him to death.No officers were charged.
Source links :
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gordon-county-man-killed-traffic-stop-deputy-involved-shooting