N.C. Deputy Fatally Shot at Domestic Call

A Greene County deputy was shot and killed last night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to WITN-TV.

Deputy John Willis was confronted arriving at 89 Brooke Place in the Brooke Meadow Mobile Home Park at approximately 7:30 p.m. A person, who appeared drunk, shot him twice and then turned the gun on himself, Sheriff Lemmie Smith told the news station.

The gunman was identified as 22-year-old Daniel Meyers, who does not appear to have a criminal record, according to the report.

A neighbor said he knows Meyers and was surprised to hear what happened.

Willis -- who leaves behind two children -- is the third Eastern Carolina deputy to lose his life in the line of duty in the past fifteen months.

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