Official: Gaffney Serial Killer Is Dead

Gaffney Serial Serial Killer Identified

South Carolina law enforcement officials have identified the serial killing suspect slain in North Carolina as a felon with a lengthy record who was paroled in April after seven years in prison. They say Patrick Tracy Burris was the man responsible for shooting five people to death in a killing spree that has terrorized residents in and around Gaffney.

He was shot by police responding to a burglary complaint in Gastonia, N.C., early Monday. They say bullets in his gun matched those used to kill residents in and around Gaffney some 30 miles away.

Authorities did not immediately say where Burris was from.

North Carolina prison records show the 41-year-old served more than seven years for felony breaking and entering and larceny. He has a lengthy record.

Officials in South Carolina confirmed Monday evening that a man shot and killed in Gaston County, North Carolina Monday morning was the suspect in a serial killer case in Cherokee County, SC.

SLED chief Reggie Lloyd has confirmed that the bullets in the gun used by a robber killed early this morning in Gaston, North Carolina match those used to kill five people in the Upstate.

A North Carolina police officer was wounded during the morning confrontation after the officer responded to a burglary call.

Police returned fire, killing the suspect.

There will be a press conference later this evening with more details from police.

Gaffney, South Carolina police are in Gastonia, North Carolina looking into “similarities” between a burglar who was killed by North Carolina police July 6, 2009 and the South Carolina serial killer suspect. The dead burglar matches the physical description of the South Carolina serial killer suspect and a champagne colored Ford Explorer like the one Gaffney officials are looking for is parked outside the North Carolina crime scene.

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