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Beloved teacher's double life revealed after he dies in cartel robbery, sheriff says
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True Crime
Beloved teacher’s double life revealed after he dies in cartel robbery, sheriff says
By Brittany Shammas
April 15, 2021 at 8:38 p.m. EDT
When a popular Charlotte-area teacher and coach died suddenly this month, the entire school community mourned his loss. {snip} Then came a shocking revelation. A sheriff across the state announced at a Wednesday news conference that Barney Dale Harris, a beloved presence at the Monroe, N.C., high school since 2017, had been killed in a gun battle while trying to steal drugs and cash from a Mexican drug cartel.
Authorities found the body of Harris, 40, who taught Spanish and coached varsity men’s basketball and track at Union Academy, inside a mobile home in Green Level, N.C., on April 8. He was wearing a bulletproof vest that failed to save his life during what Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson likened to “an old Western shootout.”
In its aftermath, 30 shell casings littered the interior and exterior of the residence and three nearby mobile homes were scarred with bullet holes. Deputies also found a second man, reportedly a cartel drug runner living in the trailer that operated as a “stash house,” shot execution style.
“Let me say this. Many, many times you don’t really know a person,” Johnson told local television station ABC 11. “And this is probably one of those examples.”
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Brittany Shammas
Brittany Shammas is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. She previously worked for the Miami New Times and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Follow https://twitter.com/britsham
Beloved teacher’s double life revealed after he dies in cartel robbery, sheriff says
By Brittany Shammas
April 15, 2021 at 8:38 p.m. EDT
When a popular Charlotte-area teacher and coach died suddenly this month, the entire school community mourned his loss. {snip} Then came a shocking revelation. A sheriff across the state announced at a Wednesday news conference that Barney Dale Harris, a beloved presence at the Monroe, N.C., high school since 2017, had been killed in a gun battle while trying to steal drugs and cash from a Mexican drug cartel.
Authorities found the body of Harris, 40, who taught Spanish and coached varsity men’s basketball and track at Union Academy, inside a mobile home in Green Level, N.C., on April 8. He was wearing a bulletproof vest that failed to save his life during what Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson likened to “an old Western shootout.”
In its aftermath, 30 shell casings littered the interior and exterior of the residence and three nearby mobile homes were scarred with bullet holes. Deputies also found a second man, reportedly a cartel drug runner living in the trailer that operated as a “stash house,” shot execution style.
“Let me say this. Many, many times you don’t really know a person,” Johnson told local television station ABC 11. “And this is probably one of those examples.”
{snip}
Brittany Shammas
Brittany Shammas is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. She previously worked for the Miami New Times and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Follow https://twitter.com/britsham
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