Crime & Safety
Dacula Shooting Was Self-Defense, Police Say
Gwinnett Police said he was followed home after a roadway dispute before he shot and killed Richard Fawbush, who came at him with a weapon.
Gwinnett Police said the fatal shooting Wednesday night near Dacula may have been an act of self-defense.
Police identified the people involved in the shooting at 1625 Windsong Park Drive in unincorporated Dacula, where a man was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
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Richard Fawbush, 24, of Dacula, died as a result of the shooting, which apparently began as a roadway incident, police said. The shooter, Jesse Campbell, 34, also of Dacula, has not been charged.
Police believe Fawbush and Jack Vawter, 24, of Buford, were riding in a red truck and began a roadway disagreement with Campbell, who was driving a silver truck. Fawbush and Vawter allegedly followed Campbell home and tried to assault him in his driveway.
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“Campbell told the lead detective that the reason he shot Fawbush was because Fawbush was attempting to assault him with a homemade weapon,” Gwinnett Police Public Information Officer Cpl. Michele Pihera said in a Thursday morning news release. “At this time, the homicide appears to be self-defense. Campbell has not been charged with any criminal act.”
Vawter was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
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