OldSouth was away from home most of the week, and heard the sickening news from a family member. It was literally unbelievable. These things don't happen here.
This is a bucolic county, with many years never seeing a major violent crime committed.
Monday, things changed. Deputy Bellar, high school class of 2002, pulled up to what appeared to be a routine car wreck in a quiet neighborhood. What he had actually entered was a violent domestic disturbance between husband and wife, with husband having run wife off the road. As he pulled up, the husband, Jayson Eggenburg, pulled his sidearm and shot the officer while still in his car. He never had a chance, not a clue as to the nature of the situation, before he was shot.
His assailant was a member of the same high school graduating class, who then turned the gun upon himself, and committed suicide in front of his wife
The assailant's good friend reports that Jayson Eggenburg had been in good spirits the night before, nothing to indicate what was to transpire the next day.
Keith Bellar was twenty-seven, leaves behind a wife who adored him, and a six-month old son both parents loved with all their hearts. His funeral will fill First Baptist Church to the rafters. Officers from neighboring counties will take patrol duty to allow his colleagues to attend the funeral.
Jayson Eggenburg was twenty-seven, leaves his shattered widow and family behind, along with a trail of grief, and so many unanswered questions.
OS has nothing to add here, except to ask your prayers for them all. He knows, somehow, that some great good will emerge over time from this tragedy. But, for now, what we have before us is a tragedy. Like Job's Comforters, sometimes it is best just to sit in silence before we attempt to speak.
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