By Bill Galluccio
Apr 15, 2021
A high school teacher from North Carolina was shot and killed while trying to rob a Mexican drug cartel during what authorities described as an old Western shootout. Officials said that Union Academy Charter School Spanish teacher
Barney Dale Harris and his brother-in-law,
Steven Alexander Stewart Jr., broke into a mobile home in Alamance County, which was being used by a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as stash house for illegal drugs.
When the owner of the mobile home,
Alonso Beltra Lara, returned he was ambushed by Harris and Stewart. They tied him up and shot him execution-style in the back of the head. He was still alive when police arrived and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials said that Harris was found in a bedroom of the mobile home with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a vest, mask, and gloves.
North Carolina teacher killed in shootout with drug cartel
Barney Dale Harris taught Spanish and was head coach of the varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School.
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A North Carolina teacher was killed in what authorities have described as an “old Western shootout” with members of a Mexican drug cartel.
Barney Dale Harris taught Spanish and was head coach of the varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe, North Carolina, 27 miles outside of Charlotte. Harris was found dead in what authorities have described as a trailer being used as a drug “stash house.”
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Updated: 3:00 PM EDT Apr 15, 2021 A popular teacher in North Carolina died in what authorities said was an “old Western shootout” with members of a Mexican drug cartel.The Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday that Barney Dale Harris, 40, taught Spanish and was head coach of the boys varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe.He was found dead April 8 in an Alamance County mobile home that authorities called a drug “stash house.”Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said that officers found Harris wearing a face cover, gloves and a bulletproof vest. There were also 30 shell casings in and outside of the mobile home, and bullet holes in three other mobile homes, Johnson said. “The trailer looked like it had been ransacked,” the sheriff said. “They were looking for money or drugs, or both.”Authorities also said that 1.2 kilos of cocaine about 2.6 pounds and about $7,000 in cash were found.The sheriff said that Harris and
Teacher killed in old Western shootout after trying to rob Mexican drug cartel, authorities say Wilson Wong
A teacher and basketball coach at a North Carolina school was killed in a shooting after trying to rob the home of a Mexican drug cartel member, authorities said Wednesday.
Barney Dale Harris and his brother-in-law, Steven Alexander Stewart Jr., were accused of robbing an alleged stash house last Thursday belonging to a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the world s most powerful drug trafficking organizations, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said at a news conference.
Investigators determined Harris and Stewart broke into the mobile home of Alonso Beltra Lara and waited for him to come back, according to the sheriff. When the man returned home, a shooting broke out that resulted in the deaths of Harris and Lara, Johnson said.