Deputy Brandon Ray Sikes, 31, a male, was working a Saturday evening shift with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office when routine duty turned fatal. Around 6:30 p.m. on April 26, 2025, Deputy Brandon Ray Sikes and fellow deputies approached a motorhome on Interstate 20 near Exit 194 outside Augusta to serve a temporary protective order. What began as a calm encounter shifted in an instant: as the deputies turned away, the driver produced a 9mm AR-style pistol that had been illegally converted
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