A deputy was killed while responding to a domestic dispute in northwestern Georgia on Saturday evening.

This is the first time the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office has lost a deputy in the line of duty, Maj. Ashley Henson said in a news briefing Saturday.

Deputy Brandon Cunningham and another deputy responded to a home at around 6:13 p.m. regarding the dispute.

“Upon their arrival they were met with gunfire from a suspect who was…