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A University of Georgia graduate student was shot to death late Sunday in a killing that led to a murder charge against an off-duty Madison County sheriff?s deputy.

Athens-Clarke police said Benjamin Lloyd Cloer, 26, was shot ?multiple times? and died after he was transported to a local hospital.

Winford ?Trey? T. Adams III, 32, of Comer was charged with murder. Authorities said Adams had worked as a deputy in Madison County for more than year after about three years as an officer for the Statesboro Police Department.

The shooting occurred at the front of Cloer?s rental home on the 6000 block of Old Jefferson Road. Police responded to the scene at 6:48 p.m. after police said several people called 911, including Adams.

Police said Adams remained at the scene after the shooting.

?Lloyd was a great, gentle person. A great violin player and he was working for his masters in artificial intelligence,? Eric Krasle, an Athens attorney who was also Cloer?s landlord, said Monday.

After he was shot, Cloer went to his neighbor?s home where a Clarke County sheriff?s deputy lived, but neither he nor his wife and children were at home, Krasle said.

Police did not comment on a motive for the killing, but described it as a ?domestic incident.?

Krasle said he was not told why the confrontation occurred. Cloer had a roommate, but that roommate was not home during the shooting, Krasle said.

Cloer?s parents live in Gwinnett County and his mother, Deborah Houston Cloer, wrote on her Facebook page about the passing of her son.

?He was so kind. He never had a bad word to say about anyone. I was looking forward to him graduating soon from UGA with his master?s in A.I. I was looking forward to his accomplishments. Very much, I was looking forward to his children and my grandchildren.

?I promised to love you forever and all the way to Heaven,? she wrote.

Madison County Sheriff?s Chief Deputy Jeff Vaughn said Adams came to the department with ?high recommendations? from Statesboro police when he moved to this area to be closer to family.

?We have never had to discipline him as a deputy sheriff,? Vaughn said, adding there was never a complaint filed against him for use of force.

?The sheriff (Michael Moore) met with him at the scene last night and told him that effective immediately he was suspended,? Vaughn said.

After police charged him with murder, Moore then fired him as an officer.

?Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim?s family,? Vaughn said.

Police spokesman Geoff Gilland said Monday afternoon that the incident report on the shooting has not yet cleared records for release.