Manhunt on for Suspect (Iraq Vet) in Slaying of N.C. Deputy

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Manhunt on for suspect in slaying of NC deputy

1 hour ago
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in rural North Carolina are searching for an Iraq veteran they suspect in the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy. Another sheriff's officer was shot but suffered minor injuries.

Officials with the Caldwell County Sheriff's Department said Saturday night they were searching for 32-year-old Skip Brinkley, an Army veteran who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2006. They say he also has some law enforcement training.

Officials say Deputy Adam Klutz was responding to a 911 call at a home earlier Saturday when he was shot in a spot not protected by his bulletproof vest. The other officer was hit three times in his vest.

More than 200 officers were searching the surrounding area in Lenoir (leh-'NOHR), about 75 northwest of Charlotte.

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[WhiteTara]

1. more tragedy n/t

[Jamastiene]

2. If they gather round and run him toward Richmond County,

our guys will get him. I don't know how they do it, but when they corral them up to this county, our guys somehow always get 'em. They don't always live through it, but hey, at least they aren't on the loose any more. That's certainly better than another Eric Rudolph situation. :shrug:

[Imagevision]

3. If the government would have helped him coming from Iraq, the problem wouldn't be one...

[Lance_Boyle]

4. Well, to his credit, he may have been a violent tardhole before Iraq.

I suppose it could also be that the deputies who got shot were pulling a sheriff John Brown on him, and the kill was righteous. Not much to go on from the story, except "ooooh! shiny dangerous armed lunatic loose!"