Antonio Sheffield

How they died

Suicide

Antonio Sheffield was accused of attempting to rob Tiffany Nails, according to police. Officers made contact with Sheffield at the Economy Inn. He began shooting at the officers, who returned fire. He fled on foot and pistol-whipped an officer with a handgun, cutting the officer's forehead,. Sheffield stole a patrol car and led officers on a high-speed chase where several attempts to use stop sticks were unsuccessful. Sheffield got off the interstate and crashed through a fence. When officers with the Georgia State Patrol and Whitfield County Sheriff's Office boxed him in, Sheffield fatally shot himself in the head.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Antonio Sheffield, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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