Ronald Audette
Male, Unknown race
Date of the incident: 10/3/2019
Grovetown, Columbia, GA
5762 Broad Oak Dr
5762 Broad Oak Dr
Deputies responded after a person contacted dispatch saying Ronald Audette was making disturbing comments and was planning a mass shooting. Audette spoke on the phone with deputies but refused to come out of his home and hung up. He came out of the home with a revolver in hand. Audette didn't acknowledge multiple commands by deputies and continued walking toward an open field before raising his gun. He was shot and killed by Deputies Benjamin Fowler, Michael Santana, and Ryan King.