A domestic dispute turned deadly kept Chattooga County, Georgia law enforcement officials and emergency personnel busy throughout the day Monday.

A dispute between a male and a female reportedly started near the intersection of Highway 337 and the Trion-Teloga Road when that man fired several shots into the woman’s vehicle – incredibly, she wasn’t hurt.

Later that day, the woman’s house on Webb Road caught fire.

At around 4:45 that afternoon, Chattooga County Deputies located the suspect, sitting in his pickup truck on a dirt road. According to reports, as law enforcement approached the man, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

Lifeforce was called however it was quickly decided to rush the man to a Floyd County area hospital instead; the man died while en-route to Rome.

According to Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader, that individual has been identified as 64 year old Larry B. Dover of Rome.

We’ll have more on this story as it develops.

(AM1180 Chattooga County Radio)