A popular high school teacher and coach from Union County, North Carolina, was killed in a shootout on April 8 while he and his brother-in-law were attempting to rob a Mexican drug cartel, authorities said.
But during a press conference about his death, authorities said that Harris lived a secret life that most people couldn’t see, WSOC-TV reported.
According to police, Harris and his brother-in-law, Steven Alexander Stewart Jr., attempted to rob a stash house operated by the Sinaloa New Generation Cartel in Alamance County. The pair had allegedly been tracking the movements of the cartel and attempted to raid the stash house for drugs and cash.
During the raid, the two allegedly tied up and questioned an 18-year-old member of the cartel, Alonso Beltran Lara, before shooting and killing him execution-style in the back of the head. After that, other cartel members showed up and a shootout ensued. Harris was killed in the gunfight despite wearing a bullet-proof vest.
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