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NC High School Coach Killed While Reportedly Robbing Sinaloa Cartel Stash House
15 Apr 2021
A high school basketball coach in North Carolina is dead after he allegedly attempted to steal from a local Sinaloa Cartel drug runner. Police in Alamance County say the coach went with another man to steal money and drugs.
Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson told reporters, “It was believed that this was during a home invasion for money and drugs,” WCNC NBC reported.
Union Academy basketball coach Barney Harris reportedly went to a house on April 8 with another man to carry out the home invasion robbery. During the attempted robbery, a shootout ensued leaving Harris mortally wounded.
Police: Teacher killed in shootout with Mexican drug cartel
April 15, 2021
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GREEN LEVEL, N.C. (AP) A popular teacher in North Carolina has died in what authorities said was an “old Western shootout” with members of a Mexican drug cartel.
The Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday that Barney Dale Harris, 40, taught Spanish and was head coach of the boys’ varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe. He was found dead April 8 in an Alamance County mobile home that authorities called a drug “stash house.”
Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said that officers found Harris wearing a face cover, gloves and a bulletproof vest. There were also 30 shell casings in and outside of the mobile home, and bullet holes in three other mobile homes, Johnson said.
North Carolina teacher killed in shootout with drug cartel
Barney Dale Harris taught Spanish and was head coach of the varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School.
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A North Carolina teacher was killed in what authorities have described as an “old Western shootout” with members of a Mexican drug cartel.
Barney Dale Harris taught Spanish and was head coach of the varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe, North Carolina, 27 miles outside of Charlotte. Harris was found dead in what authorities have described as a trailer being used as a drug “stash house.”
Updated: 3:00 PM EDT Apr 15, 2021 A popular teacher in North Carolina died in what authorities said was an “old Western shootout” with members of a Mexican drug cartel.The Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday that Barney Dale Harris, 40, taught Spanish and was head coach of the boys varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe.He was found dead April 8 in an Alamance County mobile home that authorities called a drug “stash house.”Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said that officers found Harris wearing a face cover, gloves and a bulletproof vest. There were also 30 shell casings in and outside of the mobile home, and bullet holes in three other mobile homes, Johnson said. “The trailer looked like it had been ransacked,” the sheriff said. “They were looking for money or drugs, or both.”Authorities also said that 1.2 kilos of cocaine about 2.6 pounds and about $7,000 in cash were found.The sheriff said that Harris and