Sergeant Ronald Charles Cheek, 54, of the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office was killed in the line of duty on August 5, 1995, after responding to a domestic dispute call in Winterville, Georgia. The call came from a family Cheek knew from his church. According to reports, a man who was reportedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol opened fire as Cheek stood in the front yard, fatally striking him in the chest.

Backup officers arrived soon after and engaged the shooter; the man who killed Sergeant Cheek was also fatally shot at the scene, so there were no subsequent arrests or trials. Cheek was remembered by colleagues and community members as humble, dependable and funny, a good, quiet Christian type fella, and his memory is honored with a memorial in the lobby of the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office.

If anyone knew Sergeant Cheek or was in Winterville that night and has information about the incident, please share what is known.