Gaffney Serial Killer Shot and Killed

Gaffney Serial Killer Shot and Killed in North Carolina

It is time to get tougher on crime in this country; if we were the 5 people slain by the Gaffney South Carolina Serial killer would be alive. The little town in South Carolina was rocked with a string of shooting deaths in the past week. The serial killer Patrick Burris has been killed by Gaston County North Carolina police officers.

Patrick Tracey Burris killed 5 people in the Gaffney South Carolina area recently in a shooting spree. Gaffney South Carolina was hit with a serial killer for the 2^nd time after dealing with the "Gaffney Strangler" in the 1960's. Burris's shooting spree included a father and 16 year old daughter shot in their furniture store, and a woman in her 80's and her daughter bound and shot in their home.

According to Wsoctv.com Burris was a career criminal who got out of prison in April of this year after a 7 year sentence. He apparently also had a criminal record in at least 5 states.

Now this is hitting me a little close to home. I live near Gaston County North Carolina where the Gaffney Serial Killer had his criminal career ended. Patrick Tracey Burris had warrants for his arrest in Lincoln County North Carolina where I work. Those arrest warrants led to a shootout that injured one police officer before Burris was shot and killed.

A resident of Gaston County North Carolina saw a vehicle matching the description of the Gaffney Serial killers Ford Explorer. It was sitting outside an abandoned house in the early morning hours, she called the police.

When the officers got there they found 3 men including Patrick Tracey Burris who gave them a false name. The Gaston County Officers determined who Burris was and that he was wanted in Lincoln County.

At this point Burris produced a weapon and shot Officer J.K. Shaw of the Gaston County Police Department in either the foot or leg (there are conflicting reports). The officers then shot and killed Burris, and ended the Gaffney Serial Killer's rein of terror. Ballistics from the weapon Burris used was used to tie the man to the Gaffney South Carolina killings.