South Carolina cop Andrew ‘Drew’ Barr shot and killed

A South Carolina police officer was killed within the line of obligation after responding to a home disturbance name early Sunday morning, officers mentioned.

Officer Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, 28, of the Cayne Police Division had responded to the residence round 2:48 a.m. and made contact with a person who was standing within the entrance yard, Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowan mentioned at a information convention Sunday.

Simply as he started talking with the person, a number of photographs have been fired from inside the home — one in all which struck and killed Barr.

The person who shot Barr barricaded himself within the dwelling and killed himself after a seven-hour standoff with legislation enforcement. His id has not but been launched.

Barr joined the Cayce police division as a trainee in 2016 earlier than graduating from the police academy in 2017. 

A devoted neighborhood member, Barr moreover served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. He grew to become a Ok-9 officer together with his beloved accomplice Molly, a black labrador retriever.

The Monetta Volunteer Hearth Division mentioned Barr was the captain of their division in Aiken County, WSPA reported.

“He was dedicated to his occupation, he was dedicated to his neighborhood. He cared about nothing else than serving this neighborhood and he was shot and killed this morning for no purpose,” Cowan mentioned.

He had no spouse or youngsters, however “was married to this occupation,” he mentioned.

Barr had survived a capturing in 2017 when he was nonetheless a trainee, native information retailers reported. The gunman in that capturing is serving a 30-year sentence in state and federal sentences.

“Our hearts are breaking in Cayce,” Mayor Elise Partin advised reporters on Sunday. “Officer Drew Barr has been an vital a part of the Cayce household since 2016.”

Cayce is a suburb of almost 14,000 individuals simply west of the capital, Columbia.

With Submit Wires