Community mourns loss of Mount Holly police officer killed in line of duty
Community mourns after officer shot and killed in Gaston County
By WBTV Web Staff and Jennifer Miller | December 11, 2020 at 2:36 PM EST - Updated December 12 at 5:22 PM
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - The community is mourning after a Mount Holly police officer was fatally shot near a Gaston County car wash Friday morning.
Tyler Avery Herndon, 25, was one of several officers responding to a breaking and entering call around 3:30 a.m. off Beatty Drive. When officers encountered the suspect, later identified as 24-year-old Joshua Tyler Funk, several shots were fired. Herndon was shot and taken to the hospital, where he died several hours later.