Preparations and practice as the Boone community gets ready to say goodbye to fallen deputies
Final preparations for deputy funerals in Watauga County By Steve Ohnesorge | May 5, 2021 at 5:19 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 5:49 PM
BOONE, N.C. (WBTV) - - Final preparations were underway Wednesday for Thursday’s public funerals for Watauga Sheriff’s Deputies Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox.
The two died a week ago when a man opened fire on them during a welfare check. Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were the two deputies killed in a mass shooting in Watauga County that left five people dead. (Source: Watauga County Sheriff s Office)
Last call: Community ready to say farewell to Watauga Co. deputies killed in line of duty (Source: David Whisenant-WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | May 4, 2021 at 10:38 PM EDT - Updated May 4 at 10:38 PM
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 deputy Logan Fox stopped at a Watauga County home, just east of Boone, to check on the occupants.
They responded for a welfare check at the home on Hardaman Circle shortly before 10 a.m. April 28.
It was the final call as deputies with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office.
Sgt. Ward and deputy Fox were shot before an hours-long standoff that lasted all day and into the night.
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Fallen police officers in North Carolina and across America will be remembered during National Police Week, which runs from May 9-15 in 2021. (Shutterstock)
NORTH CAROLINA The biggest effect the coronavirus pandemic had on National Police Week isn t that activities in North Carolina and elsewhere have been postponed, but the number of police officers whose lives and careers were cut short by the virus.
While their names won t be read at the National Police Officers Memorial Service until its Oct. 16 rescheduled date, they will be honored virtually during National Police Week from May 9-16 this year.
The coronavirus has been cited for three police officer line of duty deaths in North Carolina in 2021, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Nationally, 63 of the 119 police line of duty deaths in 2021 as of May 4, just under 53 percent, have been due to the virus.
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NPR A week after the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr., protesters continue to march in the streets of Elizabeth City, shouting, “Release the tape - the WHOLE tape!”
This week began with all eyes locked on North Carolina as the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County deputies became the latest flash point in a seemingly endless stream of news and outrage over the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police.
A lawyer for the family, who viewed a 20-second snippet of body camera video on Monday, called the fatal shooting during an arrest an execution. An independent autopsy showed Brown was shot five times, including in the back of the head, and the FBI began a civil rights probe into the case. The local prosecutor said deputies were hit by the car Brown was driving as the shooting unfolded, and a Superior Court judge denied requests to immediately release body camera footage to the public, saying he thought it could hinder the investigation. Family mem