Raised in Whigham, Georgia, George Trulock, Jr. was a true patriot, proud Southerner, and a pillar of the community he loved. George worked tirelessly his entire adult life to make Whigham the very best it could be. At the age of 22, he was elected to the Whigham City Council and at the time was the youngest member to ever serve as a councilman. He served on the council for a total of 30 years as well as holding the office of Whigham Mayor for over 14 years, which he held at the time of his death. George served as a police officer for the Cairo Police Department from 1972 until 1982. An avid firearms enthusiast and businessman, Mr. Trulock was a talented gunsmith; and during his time as police officer, he began building his business on a part time basis. In 1982, he went into the firearms business full time and founded Trulock Firearms, which later became Trulock Tool Company. George grew his company from a one-man-show to a business that currently employs 30 people. George was the developer of the Tru-Choke design, which has been replicated by many firearm companies throughout the years. Trulock Tool Company is now known for producing quality, custom-designed choke tubes and gun parts, shipping chokes worldwide. Trulock Chokes will remain a family-owned and operated business. Trulock believed it was his duty to help promote and protect the industry he so loved. He was an NRA Endowment member, former local NRA chapter president, a member of the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Heritage Foundation.
The complaint said a witness saw Brumfield running from the scene of the shooting and hiding a firearm between two houses along Peach Creek Road. The firearm was recovered. Brumfield was found a short time later with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder area and was transported to Logan Regional Medical Center.
Drug boss Mel sends his associates Tes, Dawn, and Kara to intercept a truck driver bringing rival drugs to a diner at night. The women wait for the driver at the diner, but when they fail to identify him, they draw guns on the diner's other occupants and demand if anyone knows who the driver is. Instead, a shootout ensues when Francine, the diner's owner, and Jesse, a patron, draw firearms of their own. Kara, Francine, Dawn, and Jesse are killed and Tes finds herself in a standoff with Billy, the diner's cook. As Tes and Billy point their weapons at each other, their situation becomes more complicated when Ronny, another associate of Mel's, arrives at the diner.
Mel comes to the diner and discovers Ronny is apparently the only survivor of the gunfight. After a brief conversation, Mel shoots Ronny in the face. Tes, however, turns out to still be alive and guns Mel down. She then intercepts a car carrying Mel's money and drives off with the cash.
For the past several years, the company has been making parts and components that don't have anything to do with shotguns for some larger players in the firearms industry. For instance, with Taurus establishing a new manufacturing plant just 15 miles away in Bainbridge in 2019, Trulock has been working on a lot of subcomponents for its Heritage rimfire single-action revolver subsidiary.
In short, while not stamped "Trulock," a lot of the Heritage revolvers on the market in the past few years have had parts that spent time in their production process in Whigham, Georgia.
After the shooting, George Sandefur left the residence and traveled to 281 Hines Perkins Road in Whigham, Decatur County, GA. Deputies with the Decatur County Sheriff's Office responded to the Hines Perkins address where George Sandefur was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. George Sandefur was transported to Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville where he died.