From The Tribune staff reports
WILCOX COUNTY — A retired Wilcox County Deputy and suspect is dead, another deputy was wounded after gunfire erupted shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1.
Authorities said 911 operators received a call that a woman was being threatened with a gun by a suspect who had left the scene when Nicholson and Gulley were met with gunfire when they arrived at the residence.
Nicholson was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the chest and neck. He was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, where he later died.
Gulley was treated at Thomasville hospital for a gunshot wound to the arm and later released.
The State Bureau of Investigation is leading the probe.
The story will be updated as more information becomes available.