The gun allegedly used by Jacob Kosky in last week's quadruple shooting in rural Henry County was recovered by police in nearby Newton County, according to police documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The gun was discovered near a bridge in Newton County after Henry law enforcement officials sent an alert that they were looking for a man suspected in a possible home invasion that left three people dead and a fourth critically injured, according to an incident report filed by Newton County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Richardson.
Officials have not released the type of gun that was used in the crime.
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 charges. Three others were charged with obstructing a police investigation.
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.
In another twist to this story, Newton authorities said they encountered Kosky before they knew he was a suspect in the killings.
Richardson said he saw Kosky early that Thursday morning walking along a bridge near Lummus Road in Newton County, less than an hour after the shootings.
While on patrol along Ga. 81 South near Ga. 212, Richardson says he saw Kosky at 2:42 a.m. - about 40 minutes after a 911 call 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,” Richardson said in his report.
Richardson asked Kosky, who was wearing white-striped shorts, dark shirt and white shoes and socks, what he was doing. Kosky told the deputy he was waiting for his brother, according to the report.
“He stated his friends got mad at him and kicked him out of the vehicle,” Richardson wrote in the report. Richardson said he then asked Kosky where his brother lived. Kosky told him in Stockbridge, at which point Richardson became suspicious because Kosky was walking away from Stockbridge.
“Mr. Kosky’s story did not make sense, so I questioned him more on it. [Kosky said] he was with two males and two females and the numbers weren’t adding up so they kicked him out,” the report said. The deputy reported that Kosky said the members of the group got mad at him and kicked him out “because it was all over some sex.”
Richardson reached Kosky’s brother by phone and deputies then drove Kosky to a gas station where he said his brother would pick him up.
Kosky was arrested later that day and is being held in Henry County jail.
