April 24, 2022 – In Breaking News – DAILY MAIL
A South Carolina cop was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call early Sunday morning.
Roy Andrew ‘Drew’ Barr, 28, arrived at a home in Cayce, just outside the state capital of Columbia, at around 2:50am.
He and two other officers found a man in the front yard. After making contact with him, shots rang out from inside the house.
A bullet then struck and killed Barr.
‘There was no call for it, there was no reason for it,’ said Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowan, according to WLTX. ‘It was inexcusable.’
Suspect Austin Henderson, 36, killed himself at the scene after negotiator spent seven hours trying to get him out safely.
(Cayce Police Officer Drew Barr of South Carolina was shot and killed by a suspect during a domestic incident early Sunday morning. Hours after Officer Barr was killed, the suspect took his own life. Courtesy of News 19 WLTX and YouTube. Posted on Apr 24, 2021.)
According to his Facebook page, he had a young daughter with his wife Kristin.Officer Barr survived a previous shooting while on duty in 2017, according to The State.
He was chasing a man in a stolen car who later jumped out, ran into the woods and shot him and another officer.
Police have not clarified whether Henderson went back inside the home before shooting Barr early Sunday morning. They also haven’t said whether police fired back at Henderson.
Chief Cowan said negotiators with the Columbia Police Department tried talking to Henderson for seven hours.
‘Ultimately, the suspect took his life,’ Cowan said during a press conference later on Sunday.
(Cayce Department of Public Safety Police Officer Roy ‘Drew’ Barr was killed early Sunday morning while responding to a domestic violence incident. Courtesy of News 19 WLTX and YouTube. Posted on Apr 24, 2021.)
Barr joined the Cayce Police Department in 2016 and was promoted to the K-9 unit in 2020.
He was also an EMT and a firefighter, Cowan said. He had no spouse or children.
‘He loved his dog Molly and he loved his job. He was good at, not only interacting with children, the community, but also his officers, his peers as well as the citizens of this great city,’ Cowan said.
Hours after the shooting, people in the community had placed flowers on Barr’s police cruiser, which was parked outside the Cayce Police Department.
Continue reading… South Carolina police officer, 28, is shot dead while responding to domestic disturbance call: Cop had survived taking a bullet after a car chase in 2017
Editor’s note:
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Officer Roy Andrew Barr, both blood, and blue. Thank you for your bravery and commitment to serving the citizens of South Carolina with pride and distinction, as an EMT, a firefighter, and a police officer.
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