The suspected gunman in the Oct. 27 quadruple shooting in rural Henry County tossed the gun over a bridge in nearby Newton County shortly after the shooting, according to police documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The gun was later retrieved near the bridge in Newton County after Henry Authorities notified Newton officials they were looking for a suspect in a possible home invasion that left three people dead and a fourth critically injured. The fourth victim died Sunday.
At around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, Henry County notified other law enforcement agencies to be on the look out for suspect Jacob Kosky in connection with the home invasion shooting on Moccasin Gap Road.
By mid-afternoon Thursday, Henry authorities contacted Newton officer Christopher Richardson who had encountered Kosky in the wee hours of Thursday morning on a bridge in Newton County, less than an hour after the shootings.
Richardson met Henry authorities Thursday afternoon at the bridge where they found Kosky’s wallet on one side of the bridge. They found the gun around 5:30 p.m. Thursday under the bridge near the third pillar.
“Mr. Kosky had turned himself in and had confessed to everything. Mr. Kosky told them that he had thrown a pistol over the bridge right before I exited my patrol car,” Richardson said in his report.
Kosky, 22, of McDonough is charged with three counts of murder, four counts of aggravated assault as well as one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Another McDonough resident, Matthew Baker Jr., 19, is facing the same murder and aggravated assault charges. Three others were charged with obstructing a police investigation.
The pair are looking at a possible fourth murder charge, authorities say
The four shooting victims are: Matthew Hicks, 18, of McDonough; Keith Gibson, 29, of Covington; Sophia Bullard, 20, of Thomason and Destiny Olinger, 20, of Jackson.
While on patrol along Ga. Hwy 81 South near Hwy 212, Richardson spotted Kosky at 2:42 a.m. Thursday - about 40 minutes after a 911 call was taken from a home on Moccasin Gap Road where the shooting happened. Kosky was walking north on the bridge toward Lummus Road.
“It appeared the male was looking over the bridge as we came to a stop,” the report noted.
Newton Officer Christopher Richardson asked the man who was clad in white-striped shorts, dark shirt and white shoes and socks, what he was doing. The man, identified as Kosky, said he was waiting for his brother. Richardson further questioned Kosky about why he was walking down the road.
“He stated his friends got mad at him and kicked him out of the vehicle,” Richardson noted in the report. Richardson then asked Kosky where his brother lived. Kosky told him Stockbridge at which point Richardson became suspicious because Kosky was walking away from Stockbridge. Kosky then told the officer that his brother told him to walk to (Hwy) 212 to the first subdivision where he would meet him. Richardson told Kosky the nearest subdivision was a few miles away.
"Mr. Kosky's story did not make sense, so I questioned him more on it. Mr. Kosky adviced he was with two males and two females and the numbers weren't adding up so they kicked him out. Mr. Kosky then advised that they got mad at him and kicked him out because it was all over some sex.
Kosky then called his brother who spoke with Richardson and told him he was on his way to pick up Kosky. The deputies then drove Kosky to a gas station where he said his brother would pick him up.
