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Wife's best friend's Son, a kid we have known since birth practically, was murdered. You may have read about it on CFP or seen it on Fox News ... Officer Drew Barr, absolutely great kid. Was big into serving his community for as long as I can remember. When he was barely a teenager he was practicing repelling, learning to shoot over here on my range the right way, learning about my service dogs ... he was always so engaged. For his 16th birthday he got a day at the paintball range and he asked me to speak about the military with him and his buddies. Seven of tnem ended up in the military, two, including Drew, chose the LEO path.
When he wasn't being a K9 cop he was volunteering with the local fire department .... he saved some lives too. Not bad for a 28 year old.
He had been shot once before ... but he came back strong and as fearless as ever. One of the nicest human beings you could imagine.
The scumbag who murdered him early Sunday morning was upset because his wife was cheating on him ... so he sat up in the second story window of their home and shot Drew in the neck while he was taking his dog out of the car. Drew never had a chance ... no warning whatsoever, shot in the neck.
His buddies pulled him to safety, one other was shot in the process. The shooter was an ex Marine, 31 years old .... a total scumbag. They're already trying to make PTSD excuses for him ... there are no excuses.
Drew would be the last one to try to use this as an excuse for more gun control. Yet, there are those already doing-it. More gun control ... more PTSD awareness. This was neither, this was about a jealous, enraged, husband.
Drew Barr was a good kid and a great young man. We hear about this kinda stuff happening all the time but it's different when it hits this close to home.
A final note, for those like me who believe in God and in other things we know to be true .... Drew's Dad told me he had an ominous feeling when he awoke Saturday morning. He called Drew to implore him to be extra situationally aware while performing his duties that night ... his instincts were bothering him so-much-so that he told his wife, Drew's mother, and she took it seriously and also called Drew to tell him she loved him and to plead with him to be extra careful given Dad's worry. (You have to know the man, he rarely speaks much less worries.)
Now he's gone ... his Dad is in total shock and coming apart at the seams, his younger sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews are unconsolable and his mother ... it hasn't hit her yet God Bless that woman. She's been a rock. She keeps saying, "God doesn't do anything by accident .... there is a reason for this. My Son is with God now."
Seeing the sheer excruciatingly devastating pain on their faces .... it's heartbreaking.
LEOs are flying in from all over the country for the services. The local funeral home is doing everything free of charge in honor of Drew who was so well loved around here ...
Services are likely being moved to a local HS auditorium capable pf holding 5000k in anticipation of the crowd.
It's all been a little surreal.
Say a prayer if you have an extra one ... this was really an exceptional person. Too young to be taken like this. When he walked into a room everyone smiled. Never met a dog that didn't love him and some of mine over the years have been grumpy with most people ... never with Drew. And the kids in the schools around here ... he will always be a legend.
I guess this is my little tribute Obit to him ... such a good kid. Such a good kid. Thanks for letting me get it out.
When he wasn't being a K9 cop he was volunteering with the local fire department .... he saved some lives too. Not bad for a 28 year old.
He had been shot once before ... but he came back strong and as fearless as ever. One of the nicest human beings you could imagine.
The scumbag who murdered him early Sunday morning was upset because his wife was cheating on him ... so he sat up in the second story window of their home and shot Drew in the neck while he was taking his dog out of the car. Drew never had a chance ... no warning whatsoever, shot in the neck.
His buddies pulled him to safety, one other was shot in the process. The shooter was an ex Marine, 31 years old .... a total scumbag. They're already trying to make PTSD excuses for him ... there are no excuses.
Drew would be the last one to try to use this as an excuse for more gun control. Yet, there are those already doing-it. More gun control ... more PTSD awareness. This was neither, this was about a jealous, enraged, husband.
Drew Barr was a good kid and a great young man. We hear about this kinda stuff happening all the time but it's different when it hits this close to home.
A final note, for those like me who believe in God and in other things we know to be true .... Drew's Dad told me he had an ominous feeling when he awoke Saturday morning. He called Drew to implore him to be extra situationally aware while performing his duties that night ... his instincts were bothering him so-much-so that he told his wife, Drew's mother, and she took it seriously and also called Drew to tell him she loved him and to plead with him to be extra careful given Dad's worry. (You have to know the man, he rarely speaks much less worries.)
Now he's gone ... his Dad is in total shock and coming apart at the seams, his younger sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews are unconsolable and his mother ... it hasn't hit her yet God Bless that woman. She's been a rock. She keeps saying, "God doesn't do anything by accident .... there is a reason for this. My Son is with God now."
Seeing the sheer excruciatingly devastating pain on their faces .... it's heartbreaking.
LEOs are flying in from all over the country for the services. The local funeral home is doing everything free of charge in honor of Drew who was so well loved around here ...
Services are likely being moved to a local HS auditorium capable pf holding 5000k in anticipation of the crowd.
It's all been a little surreal.
Say a prayer if you have an extra one ... this was really an exceptional person. Too young to be taken like this. When he walked into a room everyone smiled. Never met a dog that didn't love him and some of mine over the years have been grumpy with most people ... never with Drew. And the kids in the schools around here ... he will always be a legend.
I guess this is my little tribute Obit to him ... such a good kid. Such a good kid. Thanks for letting me get it out.
