Didn't start out as a bad day, but it turned into one. Jackie called me about noon to say a friend of ours, Chad, had been shot and killed this morning.... He was a Deputy Sheriff in Turner County and had been dispatched on a call to check up on a 19 year old that the caller said hadn't been seen in a couple days. When he got out of the car, the guy shot him from the house with a hunting rifle. One shot to the head, died instantly. Then the shooter drove to Sioux Falls and turned himself in.

Chad was a Deputy here for a few years, then was offered a job in Turner County, his childhood home, and took it. His wife, Jamie, has worked with Jackie for about 10 years. They have two kids, age 7 and 3. Chad was a good cop, applied the law evenly to all and was respected for it.... Then some idiot with a gun can do this..... Sometimes things just ain't right....