PHOTOS! Here are pictures of Patrick Tracy Burris, the Gaffney SC serial killer, now dead. Patrick Tracy Burris’s death comes as Gaffney, South Carolina residents were terrorized by the serial killer the past few days.
During an attempted burglary late today, Burris was shot. Police say they have their man. Police are also furious that Burris was on the street, reportedly just released on parole in April after 8 years in jail. During a press conference Monday, state officials held up Patrick Tracy Burris’ criminal record.
It spanned 25 pages.
In 1968 the same community was reportedly terrorized by the Gaffney Strangler, Lee Roy Martin, who killed 4 women in 10 days.
Burris took the lives of: Abby Tyler, 15 Stephen Tyler, 45 Hazel Linder, 83 Gena Linder, 50 Kline Cash, 63
The Cherokee County Serial Killer, identified as Patrick Tracy Burris, 42, was a serial killer responsible for at least five known murders in South Carolina in 2009.
Burris was a known to police as a repeat offender. It was reported that at the time of his death, he had a criminal record over 25 pages in length.
The second victims were found in their family’s small furniture and appliance shop in the small town of Gaffney, South Carolina (in Cherokee County). Stephen Tyler, 45, was killed, and his 15-year-old daughter Abby was shot and seriously injured. Source: Wikipedia
The man suspected of being the South Carolina serial killer who murdered 5 people was shot to death by police investigating a burglary in Gastonia, NC. 41 year old Patrick Tracy Burris was shot and killed by police. He was identified as the same individual responsible for the murders of 5 people near Gaffney, South Caroline as police matched the bullets in the suspects gun to those used in the SC murders through ballistics tests.
Authorities did not immediately say where Burris was from.
“We have him. He’s our serial killer,” Dolan said Monday night.
Authorities said Burris has had several encounters with law enforcement over the years.
Dolan said the physical evidence leaves no doubt the slain suspect was the person who shot five people to death over six days. But investigators still have no idea why he started the killing spree June 27.
The citizens of Gaffney, SC can sleep more sound tonight knowing that the man who terrorized their community by killing 5 unsuspecting victims is himself dead tonight.
“We believe a killer is off the streets,” Lloyd said.
Burris was killed early Monday morning in Dallas, North Carolina, after police received a call about a possible burglary in progress, officers there said. At a news conference Monday evening, investigators described him as a “habitual felon” with a record in several states and who was on probation at the time he was killed.
South Carolina Serial Killer Suspect Is Dead, Police Say
The suspect was identified as Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, who was wanted for parole violations. The weapon he used last night in the North Carolina burglary matched the weapon used in the South Carolina shooting, said Gaffney County Sheriff Bill Blanton at a news conference Monday night. The suspect has numerous convictions for armed robbery, weapons possession, forgery and possessing stolen goods.
The Cherokee County Serial Killer, identified as Patrick Tracy Burris, 42, was a serial killer responsible for at least five known murders in South Carolina in 2009.
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