An hours-long standoff in North Carolina leaves five dead, including two sheriff's deputies

CNN ^ | 4/29/21 | Gregory Lemos and Ray Sanchez

[SE Mom]

How awful- I’m so sorry your friend died- and for the suffering in your town. May God comfort and ease your pain.

[Magnatron]

Not certain but it is the closest house to the parking lot, sits in the center of the field to the left of the church and parking lot.

The church is over a mile away from the scene. The house is in a small enclave of homes just off the Blue Ridge Parkway.

[Magnatron]

How awful...

Thank you for your sentiments. Sergeant Ward was a great person, a fantastic father and husband, and a big loss to the sheriff's department and the county.

As it happened, he may have stopped a bigger event that could have been much worse, so in that sense, he was a hero along with Deputy Fox.

I was among those providing assistance at the church to the various law enforcement members and witnessed a female officer crying inconsolably in her car. We are a close-knit region, and there are many affected by this.

[deport]

Here's what the houses resemble where the event took place.
Just a few doors away.

[libertylover]

Yeah. Looks more like I would expect.

[rejoicing]

All involved were white. The shooter had serious mental illness, and his parents were trying desperately to get help for him. It’s virtually impossible to force a mentally ill adult to get help.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Boond is the closest decent skiing to Dlorida. We’d all pile in a SUV and drive ip for a long weekend. Good times.

RIP, officers. That sux.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Thanks for your info.

[AppyPappy]

Sorry. I graduated from App and worked at Tweetsie for 3 summers so I know a lot of locals.
I was also on campus at Virginia Tech during the shooting. Don’t be shy about talking to someone. It helps

[Meatspace]

“The shooter had serious mental illness, and his parents were trying desperately to get help for him.”

His only condition was that he was a mother murdering cop killing thug.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

OH dear!
You’re right! (no pun intended)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Correction:
Du is THAT way!
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[John S Mosby]

Thank you, FRiend for the report clarifying. Media has no clue as usual. The formal sheriff’s report will fill this out, what this guy was visited for. His poor parents (at what age living with them still? etc. jobless? un-hireable?). Very sad, the family had little recourse it seems.

[SE Mom]

Small town tragedies have such a powerful impact- I hope you all heal together.