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Gwinnett Deputy Shot Dead

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Chris Camp
@ April 30, 2009 9:08 AM
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(WSB Radio) --  An off duty Gwinnett sheriff's deputy was shot and killed at his home in Dacula early Thursday.

Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. David Schiralli told WSB that investigators are questioning those in the home at the time of the shooting and that the incident appears to have been the result of a domestic dispute.

The victim is identified as Lt. Don Bassett, a 17-year veteran of the squad.

The shooting happened on Austin Ridge Drive in a two-story, partial brick home in the neighborhood of nicely-kept houses with well-manicured lawns off Fence Road, not far from Ga. 316.

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  • GWINETT DEPUTY SHOT
    WHAT!!! WHO CARES THAT IT WAS A 2 STORY PARTIAL BRICK HOME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH WELL KEPT LAWNS!!! this man is dead no matter what his home looked like...how weird this story...
  • I struck a nerve with my first post!
    Wifeof Blue, I am laughing at your post. It's all emotion, sounds like someone has some guilt and knows of what I write.

    To address the items in your post, I have an idea of what I speak; I retired from law enforement because I got tired of the crooks behind the badge. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO! True, they sacrafice alot but I have know some shady people in it. The departments are generally Peyton places with so much adultery going on that it would make sane people gasp.

    I don't need them, I handle my own affairs and don't run to daddy government to settle disputes. This is because the knuckleheads can't differentiate between right and wrong and arrest everyone to let the courts sort it out. That is lazyness. Cops generally are fat, stupid, self-centered, egotistical, and corrupt. This from someone who witnessed it for years. My post was called for.

    Now, back to the article and my post. I bet he was having an affair with someone's wife and paid the price. From whom? That is not given in the article. I have witnessed many officers do this over the years. It is a sign of low morals and is reprehensible. I am also weary of incidents arising from domestic violence because it is a tool women use to strike back at a man. As far as courage, I have plenty of it and I paid the price on more than one occasion for exercising that courage to speak against the corruption and received the consequences for it. They were not postitive consequences to say the least. So, before you martyr them anymore than you have, realize that not all are good guys.
  • Officer shot
    Here we go again with the shoddy reporting, who were the police questioning ? what time "early" Thursday, why such a detailed desription of the neighborhood, what does that have to do with it ?
  • Uncalled for!
    You have no clue what officers do for you, for the community! Who do you call when something goes wrong and you need help or protection. They sacrifice alot and their families do too....to protect! One day you will need them and because of your nasty mouth you will be out of luck! I bet you are a line level employee and have nothing accomplished in your life and you are simply jealous and could never be a police officer or a deputy because you have no courage.
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