GAFFNEY, S.C. - The man suspected of being the serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death was shot to death by police officers yesterday during a burglary. He was identified as a career criminal paroled in April.
Patrick Burris, 41, was shot to death by officers investigating a burglary complaint at a home in Gastonia, N.C., 30 miles from where the killings started June 27. Ballistics tests showed his gun matched the one used to kill residents in and around Gaffney over six days last week, said State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd.
While authorities said evidence left no doubt he was the killer, they still had no idea why he did it. "He was unpredictable. He was scary. He was weird," said SLED Deputy Director Neil Dolan.
Burris had a long rap sheet filled with convictions for larceny, forgery, and breaking and entering in states across the Southeast. He had been paroled from a North Carolina prison after serving nearly eight years for felony breaking and entering and larceny.
Patrick Burris, 41, was shot to death by officers investigating a burglary complaint at a home in Gastonia, N.C., 30 miles from where the killings started June 27. Ballistics tests showed his gun matched the one used to kill residents in and around Gaffney over six days last week, said State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd.
While authorities said evidence left no doubt he was the killer, they still had no idea why he did it. "He was unpredictable. He was scary. He was weird," said SLED Deputy Director Neil Dolan.
Burris had a long rap sheet filled with convictions for larceny, forgery, and breaking and entering in states across the Southeast. He had been paroled from a North Carolina prison after serving nearly eight years for felony breaking and entering and larceny.
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