Man shot dead after aiming gun at deputies in Gordon County

Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston

Gordon County

The threats had been going on for months, she said. I’ll kill you. I’ll burn down the house.

But the words Allen Ott spoke Wednesday morning to his wife, Rhonda, sent her in search of help.

“First bullet’s for you, second bullet’s for me because this is all your fault,” he told her.

But within hours, it was Allen Ott who lay dead, shot to death by police when he refused to lower his rifle.

The day’s events unfolded quickly.