#BREAKING: Detective Jeremiah MacKay, 35, killed in shootout yesterday, is father of two, 7-year-old and 4-month-old, SB County Sheriff says
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) February 14, 2013
The first picture of San Bernardino deputy killed in gun battle with #ChrisDorner outside cabin in Big Bear. pic.twitter.com/HranZRrU
— Kimberly Hunt (@10NewsHunt) February 14, 2013
Yearbook photo of Jeremiah MacKay from 1994 Rim of the World High School Yearbook (via http://t.co/tMTVnIUU) pic.twitter.com/Q7CmnZQk
— Kristina Hernandez (@KrisWroteThis) February 13, 2013
A memorial for the deputy Jeremiah MacKay at the Yucaipa Station. MacKay was killed in shootout with #Dorner. pic.twitter.com/10cSTsE3
— Watchara Phomicinda (@watcharaphotog) February 13, 2013
According to Fox News 11, MacKay posted a Facebook message several hours before the shooting “telling friends he ‘was up there.’ The response from fellow officers: ‘Watch your six,’ Referring to the blind spot behind him.”
According to the San Bernadino Sun, MacKay, was quoted several days ago in an Associated Press article: “This one you just never know if the guy’s going to pop out, or where he’s going to pop out,” he said. “We’re hoping this comes to a close without more casualties. The best thing would be for him to give up.”
Kristina Hernandez , a reporter for the Redlands Daily Facts, is talking to neighbors about MacKay:
Robert Farina, a neighbor of MacKay's, said the fallen officer was "humble, nice & always willing to help." Said he was married w/ two kids.
— Kristina Hernandez (@KrisWroteThis) February 13, 2013
He said MacKay moved to the neighborhood 10 years ago. Farina added that his parents are friends w/MacKay's who live in Colorado.
— Kristina Hernandez (@KrisWroteThis) February 13, 2013
"He was really nice when he was here, but he was always at work," Farina said. He added that MacKay was the first to help out his
— Kristina Hernandez (@KrisWroteThis) February 13, 2013
neighborhood if someone needed help or if there was vandalism in the area. I said, "That was the cop in him, huh?" Farina nods.
— Kristina Hernandez (@KrisWroteThis) February 13, 2013
MacKay’s two children will now grow up without their brave father, thanks to cop-killer Christopher Dorner.
A Facebook page honoring MacKay has been set up here.
A second deputy, Alex Collins. was injured in the Big Bear shootout. He is currently receiving care at Loma Linda University Medical Center and is expected to survive.
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