The wife of a former Georgia police lieutenant had told how she ‘feared for her life’ in the weeks before she was killed.
Katie Sasser, 34, had written in divorce documents how she lived in fear for her safety after it was revealed her husband, who had recently lost his job, was suffering from PTSD.
Robert ‘Corey’ Sasser, 41, of Brunswick was found dead in his pickup truck on Thursday night after leading police on a slow-speed chase before engaging in a stand off with SWAT in front of his home.
Sasser was a former lieutenant in the Glynn County police department and was out on bond facing charges of misdemeanor simple battery and criminal trespass after a fight with his estranged wife, Katie Kettles Sasser, in May.
Pictures have since been released of the Katie Sasser and her friend Johnny Hall who was also killed at the hands of Robert Sasser this week.
Robert Sasser, 41, a former Georgia police lieutenant killed his estranged wife, Katie Sasser, 34
Sasser, 41, left, fatally shot his ex wife and Johnny Hall, right, before leading authorities on a slow-speed car chase, having a standoff with SWAT outside his home and killing himself
Katie Sasser, 34, was found dead on Thursday along with her current boyfriend, Johnny Hall, 39.
Investigators say the front door where the two were killed had been forced open.
Robert Sasser had been fired from his job in May. He and his wife were also going through a divorce.
In divorce documents, Katie Sasser had said she was in fear for her safety in the month leading up to the shooting. Meanwhile Robert Sasser had been recently ordered to get treatment for PTSD according to News4Jax.
Estranged wife, Katie Sasser, had mentioned in court documents how she had feared for her life and how her ex=husband Robert could pose a threat to her
Authorities said that after the slow-speed car chase ended at Sasser’s home, SWAT was called
Authorities said the Thursday night car chase that led to the standoff began after Sasser his ex-wife and Johnny Hall.
Authorities then caught up to Sasser on the highway, engaging in a slow-speed chase that ended at Sasser’s home.
When Sasser refused to exit his car, SWAT was called. They then began a lengthy standoff.
Eventually, SWAT threw tear gas into Sasser’s truck. After several hours, SWAT approached Sasser’s truck and found him dead inside, WBRC reported. SWAT did not fire any actual bullets at Sasser’s truck.
Authorities also say that Hall also exchnaged fire with Sasser.
Sources told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Sasser’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
‘At this point in the investigation, we do not know if Mr. Sasser was hit by any of that gunfire,’ Brian Scott, chief of staff for the Glynn County Police Department said. ‘That will not be available until the outcome of an autopsy.’
SWAT fired tear gas into Sasser’s truck and later discovered him dead inside the vehicle
Sasser died outside his home (shown) on Thursday night. He was out on bond, facing charges of battery and trespass following an incident involving his estrange wife in May
At the time of his death, Sasser was out on bond after allegedly going to Katie’s home in May and trying to kick down her door while threatening to kill her.
Later that month, Sasser engaged in a standoff with SWAT in the woods in western Glynn County after police tried to arrest him for reportedly having a gun in contradiction to the terms of his bond release.
A suicide note was said to have been found inside his truck when he was taken into custody on that occasion.
Sasser was fired from the Glynn County police department on May 24 and was said to be in the midst of acrimonious divorce proceedings.
The former police officer previously made headlines in 2010 for his part in the controversial shooting of Caroline Small, 35, a mother of two.
Sasser and his then partner, Michael T. Simpson, had been in a slow-speed car chase with Small, who had been driving recklessly, when they trapped her in her disabled car.
A dashboard camera caught the two men firing eight shots through her windshield and talking about their marksmanship and seeing her head explode when she was hit by a bullet. Small died a week after the incident.
During a trial, the court cleared Sasser and Simpson, calling it a justified shooting.