GA Man Kills Two Deputies — Claims He Didn't Want To Go To Jail

Less than 24 hours after a Georgia man shot and killed two sheriff's deputies in 2016, a recording shows he confessed to the shootings and explained some of what happened.

The Telegraph reports it obtained a copy of Ralph Elrod's confession through an open records request. Elrod last week pleaded guilty to the murders of Peach County sheriff's deputies Patrick Sondron and Daryl Smallwood. He's been sentenced to life in prison.

Elrod was shot by police in the aftermath of his deadly attack. As he lay wounded in a Macon hospital the next afternoon, he told a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent that the incident began when he threatened motorcyclists with a shotgun. Then Elrod told the agent he shot at police because he didn't want to go to jail.

The best answer Elrod could muster was, "I just didn't want to go to jail . over this bullcrap," referring to his issues with his neighbors and the motorcycles. Elrod said after shooting Smallwood and Sondron, he went into his house, put on tactical gear, grabbed his AR-15 and a 12-gauge shotgun and returned to his driveway.