Family and one peers from Virginia police officers The dead in the duty line on Friday night was described as a pregnant father as “breath of fresh air”, who was ready to put his life on the line to serve and protect his community.
Officers Cameron Girfin, 25, and Christopher Reese, 30, were shot at the hands of the convicted criminal John McCoy III during the traffic station in Virginia Beach.
After pulling it to get an expired license plate, fir the pair of the pair at a pistol. While they were on the ground, “isolation”, it is They shot them Each second time, which led to their subsequent death in local hospitals, according to the head of the Virginia Beach Paul Newig.
McCoy was later found dead from a clear shot of a wound in the head.
Virginia Beach Cameron Girfin was shot in the middle, while he performed a traffic station. (The photo is a courtesy of the Jerefine family)
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Family members said that Girfin, who started working in the department in 2020, wanted to be a police officer Since he was 5 years old while he was in the city of Gates, New York State.
Jeddah Girfin told Barbara Gervine, who raised him and was known to him as his mother, Fox News Digit that when he had an opportunity to wear school or Halloween, he was always wearing the iconic police uniform.
He continued to follow the law enforcement profession, and he took the dismissal of criminal justice in its first year high school In Gates Chili High School.
“By the time when he reached his supreme year, he went to lessons in the city center in an honorable office, and witnessed a work in court,” said Barbara Girfin.
Virginia Beach Cameron Girfin, 25, was shot on Friday while he was stopping traffic. (The photo is a courtesy of the Jerefine family)
While he was in high school, he helped local law enforcement agencies with secret stings, since he seemed to be old, and participated in a ride.
Joshua Bowman, a former Gates police investigator, told Fox News Digital that he met Cameron for the first time in the nearby Starbucks, where he worked in Parista in high school.
“He was always smiling, always and very vibrant for every single customer,” said Bowman. “After some time, he started asking me questions about being a police officer in New York“
Later trained with the Gates Police Department.
Virginia Beach Cameron Girfin, a police officer, was shot to the right, at the time of Friday, while he was stopping traffic. (The photo is a courtesy of the Jerefine family)
“The only trainee I saw in 24 years appeared on every journey with a work suit,” said Bowman. “If he sees arrest here on the news, he will ask me about it. Breathing from fresh air.”
Barbara Girfin described him as “Mr. Nate”, noting that he should have always been on a clean shirt and his hair “only.”
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Bowman said he still remembers the young man who told him that he had entered the police academy and was traveling south to become an officer.
“I was very encouraged,” he said. “You like,” you will make it. It will make your family proud.
After graduation, Girvin applies to obtain offers from Callin Law enforcement – Patrol in Texas Border and Virginia Beach Police Department.
After discovering that he had two jobs on the same day, he decided to go to Virginia, because he was closer to his family in Gates.
Virginia Beach Cameron Girfin's police officer on his wedding day. (The photo is a courtesy of the Jerefine family)
His mother said: “He only knew what he wanted, and he would go after that.” “When he went to Virginia, he was very happy because he was doing something I loved. He loved his job. He loved the people he worked with.”
Soon after his move to Virginia, he married his high school girlfriend, Jessica.
The couple fled on the beach during the Covid-19 pandemic, but they were new and promised to friends and family about two years ago at Oaks Manor in Churchville, New York.
Officer Jerevine's wife, Jessica, is currently pregnant with her first child, and is scheduled in the summer, and she works with Reese's wife to plan a joint police funeral in Virginia Beach.
Cameron Girfin, Virginia Beach police officer, was expecting his first child with his wife Jessica. (The photo is a courtesy of the Jerefine family)
“It is an emotional astonishment,” said Barbara Girfin.
The family added Reese and his wife married only last month.
After the tragedy, the family said that she remembers the officer Gervine because of his outgoing personality to reach anyone.
“If anyone needed any help, then he was the first of the time. He never hesitated at all,” said Barbara Girfin. “If someone needs someone to talk to him, he will sit and talk to them. He was a good listener.”
Officer Cameron Girfin was killed to the right on Friday while he was stopping traffic. (The photo is a courtesy of the Jerefine family)
She added that he was “Jokester” and had a lot of friends growing up, so that she had to create tents in the backyard to accommodate sleep.
After his death, she said that his colleagues described him as “the life of the party.”
A family of civil service staff and police officers, his mother said he knew the risks that came with the job. However, it was not deterred.
She said: “When he saw that the police officers passed through the duty line, he would have somewhat achieved to find out what happened, but he did not deter him from the desire to be one or wanted to continue.” “His maximum priority served … … He was very interested in maintaining his society safe and doing what he could do to help them.”
Bowman, the same as the veterans of law enforcement for 24 years, explained that the traffic “never routine” has stopped and there is no way to find out what a person's mental state will be.
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Although the officers are approaching cases by the utmost safety, he said that things can still explode.
“When you withdraw someone, you don't know how to walk their day,” he said. “You do not know what is happening in their lives and what they are going through … … I think that traffic stops is one of the most dangerous aspects of law enforcement.
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Bowman added that Girfin had a long -term effect, not only on his brothers and sisters in Virginia Beach, but also at his home in New York.
“I hope to lead him in the right direction,” he said. “I told him,” it's the best professional path you will choose ever. Unfortunately, there is evil in this world that is going between us, and unfortunately for him, he met this evil.
From Tuesday noon, Gofundment raised to support the Girvin family more than $ 70,000.
