Mount Holly, Kings Mountain honor local âheroâ killed in line of duty
Mount Holly, Kings Mountain honor local âheroâ killed in line of duty By WBTV Web Staff | December 13, 2020 at 4:43 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 6:08 AM
MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (WBTV) - Mount Holly Police Officer Tyler Herndon was shot and later died just two days before his birthday.
Herndon would have turned 26 years old on Sunday.
Instead, a hurt community, friends and family is mourning his death.
Herndon, who has been described to WBTV as a âheroâ was on the minds of grieving community members Sunday evening in Mount Holly and Kings Mountain, his hometown.
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.