Here is the full text of the statement by Sheriff Butch Conway on the death of deputy Joy Deleston and her two daughters:

"It is heartbreaking to lose someone in the way that we lost her. I am very angry that these three lives were so violently taken from us in a totally senseless and cowardly act. At the same time, I am grateful to everyone who has reached out to help us during this tragedy including the Gwinnett County Police Department, Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter and members of his department. I especially want to thank DeKalb Sheriff Thomas Brown who graciously stepped in last night and offered to house Mr. Terrell in the DeKalb jail. I would ask that everyone please keep Deputy Deleston's family and our department in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time."