On Friday, January 31, 1986, Colquitt County Deputy Sheriff Tony Reed Wilder, 43, was killed while deputies were attempting to serve a committal warrant. According to reports, the suspect opened fire with a rifle and fatally wounded Deputy Wilder. The suspect then picked up a shotgun and continued shooting, wounding three other deputies and two civilians before being shot and killed at the scene.

Deputy Wilder was a husband and father of three. His death occurred during a rapid, violent escalation when officers tried to execute the warrant, and the community was left reeling after multiple people were wounded and one officer killed.

Did anyone in the area at the time witness the service of that warrant or have additional information about the sequence of events that day?