FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. - The Gwinnett County sheriff's deputy killed in a domestic shooting over the weekend had previously filed for an order of protection against the man suspected of killing her and shooting her son, according to court records.

Deputy sought protection order from boyfriend

What we know:

FOX 5’s Tyler Fingert obtained documents from Forsyth County, where the deputy lived with her boyfriend. In those records, Master Deputy Tamara Tuitt-Bartlett said the suspected killer, Eric Sumner, threatened her with violence and that her son was afraid of him.

The petition for a restraining order, filed on April 29, said Tuitt-Bartlett and Sumner lived together at a townhouse on Harlond Way. Tuitt-Bartlett described their relationship as "on-again, off-again" and said she had pre

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