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Henderson County Deputy Ryan Hendrix.

NC officer, Marine veteran shot in face, leaving 2 kids behind

Henderson County, N.C., officer and Marine veteran Ryan Hendrix died after being shot in the face while trying to arrest a suspect from Virginia.

Hendrix, 35, and two other officers were responding to a 911 call about a break-in, which escalated into a shooting between a Mountain Home resident and the armed suspect.

"It is with a very heavy heart the family of Henderson County Deputy Ryan Hendrix and Sheriff Lowell Griffin announce Ryan’s passing," the sheriff's office wrote in a Thursday Facebook post.

"Early this morning while the world slept, Ryan responded to assist a family needing help when they became innocent victims of a violent encounter."

The post added that, "Ryan’s family wants everyone to know that 'Ryan was doing the job he was born to do and he died doing the job he loved.

Henderson County deputies arrived at the scene after 2 a.m. and found the suspect in his car.

The suspect "initially appeared to comply with lawful orders to show the deputies his hands...but in one rapid movement, he retrieved the gun, firing one round, striking [Hendrix] in the face and critically wounding him," Sheriff Lowell Griffin said during a Thursday press conference.

The two other deputies with Hendrix returned fire and killed Robert Ray Doss Jr., a "career criminal with arrests in Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia."

He had a record involving offenses for drugs, multiple arson crimes and felony thefts, Griffin said. The case remains under investigation.


The sheriff's office, in partnership with the North Carolina Police Benevolent Foundation, created a fundraising page for Hendrix's family; 100 percent of the proceeds will go to his family.





Editor Note


I attended at Back The Blue Rally  today in Anderson SC.

The rally was held in support of local Anderson Police Officers.

I was able to talk with a police captain about badgewise.net a website that educates people on how to deal with the police safely.

It is a series of 10 videos that explain the correct way to work with  policeman when you are stopped by an officer in your car.

Officers are trained to respond to threats and will react differently than you might expect.


Deputy Ryan Hendrix was trained to watch the hands of the criminal in the car that shot him in the face.

The suspect "initially appeared to comply with lawful orders to show the deputies his hands...but in one rapid movement, he retrieved the gun, firing one round, striking [Hendrix] in the face and critically wounding him,"

In other words the criminal tricked Deputy Ryan Hendrix just before he shot him in the face and murdered Deputy Ryan Hendrix.

Police are trained to defend themselves when there is a threat.

This is why it is so important for the general public to know how important it is to listen and obey what an officer tells you to do.

If you were to make a fast move and the officer thinks his life is in danger and he sees you as a real threat then you could be a victim of your own stupidity.

Officer Ryan Hendrix died protecting someone from a criminal.

If the deputy did not stop the criminal from doing harm to someone that someone could have been dead instead of Deputy Ryan Hendrix.

Criminals don't obey laws and blue lives don't matter to them.

I support the police an belive that blue lives DO MATTER!


Please take the time to check out the links below.


badgewise.net

Back The Blue Rallys

Coffee With A Cop

Building trust with the community one cup at a time.


The sheriff's office, in partnership with the North Carolina Police Benevolent Foundation, created a fundraising page for Hendrix's family; 100 percent of the proceeds will go to his family.
 

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