Paulding County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Cunningham Dies in Line of Duty After Shooting Incident in Hiram

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A Paulding County sheriff’s deputy, Brandon Cunningham, was fatally shot on Saturday after responding to a domestic dispute in the Harmony Creek neighborhood near Hiram. Cunningham, 30, who had served with the sheriff's office for over four years and was a father of two, is the first deputy from the department to be killed in the line of duty. The incident escalated into a standoff that ended with the suspected shooter found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, while a female victim from the home was hospitalized in stable condition.