Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 18:43:03 GMT -6
Greenville police officer killed; suspect shot, killed himself
Officer Allen Jacobs died in a hail of gunfire Friday afternoon while chasing a “confirmed and self-described gang member” who then turned the gun on himself, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said.
Jacobs, a 28-year-old officer and decorated Iraq War veteran, leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young sons, Miller said.
“We lose. We hurt. We ache,” Miller said. “No one wants to lose their officers.”
Addressing the media several hours later at City Hall in downtown Greenville, Miller said Jacobs’ gun was still holstered when he was shot by the suspect, 17-year-old Deontea Perry Mackey, about 12:30 p.m. behind a house in the Nicholtown community.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/03/18/greenville-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/81970702/
Officer Allen Jacobs died in a hail of gunfire Friday afternoon while chasing a “confirmed and self-described gang member” who then turned the gun on himself, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said.
Jacobs, a 28-year-old officer and decorated Iraq War veteran, leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young sons, Miller said.
“We lose. We hurt. We ache,” Miller said. “No one wants to lose their officers.”
Addressing the media several hours later at City Hall in downtown Greenville, Miller said Jacobs’ gun was still holstered when he was shot by the suspect, 17-year-old Deontea Perry Mackey, about 12:30 p.m. behind a house in the Nicholtown community.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/03/18/greenville-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/81970702/