On January 12, 1998, Andrew Brannan, a 49-year-old Vietnam War veteran, fatally shot 22-year-old deputy sheriff Kyle Dinkheller after a traffic stop in Laurens County, Georgia. Stopped for speeding, the two men exited their vehicles and greeted each other normally, but Brannan became belligerent after Dinkheller told him to take his hands out of his pockets, sparking a verbal confrontation and subsequently a gunfight that ended with Brannan fatally shooting Dinkheller. The entire incident was recorded by the dash camera in Dinkheller's police cruiser and thus received significant attention throughout the United States, where it continues to be shown in many police academies for training purposes.
Dinkheller was armed with his semi-automatic service pistol, while Brannan was armed with his semi-automatic M1 Carbine. The two men fired numerous shots at each other, but the deputy was hit nine times in various parts of his body before he managed to wound Brannan, who was hit in his stomach. Despite this, Brannan continued shooting, then reloaded his rifle and fired a lethal shot into Dinkheller's eye, following which he fled the scene in his Toyota pickup truck.
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