DAWSON COUNTY, GA. (THECOUNT) — Amy Gibson has been identified as the woman shot dead in a Dawsonville parking lot Monday night.
Jeremy Wade Gibson is accused of fatally shooting his wife in front of their young children while in the parking lot of a north Georgia fire station Monday night.
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The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Dawson County Fire Station on Dawson Forest Road West in Dawsonville on Monday.
Police say, Amy Alexandria Gibson was being pursued in a vehicle by her husband when she pulled into the parking lot of the fire station. At some point thereafter, 44-year-old Jeremy Wade Gibson produced a weapon and shot Gibson.
She was pronounced dead at the scene of gunshot injuries.
The shooting was tragically witnessed by the couple’s 8 year-old and 5 year-old children.
A firefighter, his wife and their two young children were also witnesses to the shooting, reports KRTV.
It’s unclear if the couple had a history of violence and police have yet to release a motive in the shooting.
Jeremy Gibson was taken into custody. Charges are pending.
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Geo quick facts: Dawsonville is a city and the county seat of Dawson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,536 at the 2010 census, up from 619 in 2000. Dawsonville is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.