04/28/2025
Deputy Brandon Sikes of the Columbia County (GA) Sheriff's Office was murdered this weekend while serving a domestic violence protective order on a subject who opened fire during an interstate traffic stop.
Another deputy, Gavin White, was shot in the face but is alive and fighting for life in the hospital, thanks to a fellow deputy who risked his life and dragged him away from the gunfire.
The shooter doesn't deserve to be named, but he is deceased. He fired at the deputies with a 9mm AR pistol that had been converted to fully automatic. In his RV, detectives later found pipe bombs.
Deputy Sikes had been a deputy since 2018 and served on the crime suppression team. He is survived by his wife, who also works for Columbia County SO. On behalf of the Volusia Sheriff's Office, sending our support and deepest condolences to this grieving family, and prayers for Deputy White as he fights for his life.