South Carolina shooter intentionally targeted police officer: police chief

A person who killed a police officer in South Carolina over the weekend did so deliberately, monitoring him together with his rifle earlier than firing the deadly shot, a police chief stated throughout a press convention Tuesday.

Cayce Public Security Officer Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr was shot and killed Sunday after he responded to a home violence name at a residence shortly earlier than 3 a.m., when a lady informed dispatch a person was threatening her and her baby with a rifle, the division stated.

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That man, later recognized as 36-year-old Austin Leigh Henderson, was intentional in his actions, taking pictures Barr as soon as inside the house, then firing once more at a bunch of officers who have been making an attempt to tug Barr to security, Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowen stated.

“He was calculated in what he did. He murdered our officer,” Cowen stated on the presser.

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After firing on the officers, Henderson reportedly put his spouse and daughter in a closet, maintaining them in a hostage state of affairs for hours earlier than he died of a self-inflicted wound, police stated.

Public Security Officer Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr was shot and killed early Sunday, the Cayce Police Division confirmed.
(Cayce Police Division)

The spouse and daughter weren’t bodily harmed within the state of affairs, although officers stated they have been distraught.

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Barr, who survived a taking pictures in 2017 when he was a trainee, was beloved by his neighborhood, the police chief stated.

The motive for the taking pictures shouldn’t be identified and Chief Cowan didn’t take questions on the press convention to make clear.