Police Officer Andrew Barr

Police Officer Andrew Barr
Article & Artwork by Jonny Castro

On April 24 2022, Cayce South Carolina Police Officers responded to a residence for a report of a domestic disturbance; as officers were speaking with another individual outdoors the suspect opened fire from inside. Officer Andrew Barr was struck and killed. After a seven hour barricaded standoff with police, the gunman took his own life.

Officer Barr was no stranger to life as a first responder. As a teenager, he began working as a volunteer firefighter obtaining the rank of Captain and was also a skilled EMT. Andrew Barr was hired by the Cayce Police Department in 2016 and served in the K9 unit with his Black Lab Retriever partner “Molly”. It was the job that he always dreamed of having. Back when he was still a trainee, he was shot and wounded in the line of duty by a gunman following a stolen car pursuit. That shooting never slowed him down or discouraged him from his career in law enforcement. He lived to serve and help people, and he did that until the very end. Officer Barr was 27-years old.