He also had seen plenty of combat, lost a very close friend, and spent time on a "body detail" gathering and processing dead combatants and civilians, events that left deep scars. During one deployment, a heavy tailgate from a truck slammed into his head, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury and a lengthy hospital stay. Wade Allen Baker grew up in Iowa and joined the Army at 19, serving tours of duty in Macedonia, Bosnia and Iraq during the first Gulf War. So many people were victims of that day."
We don't need to wait for the SBI investigation, whatever their outcome is, because we know in our hearts that they wanted to help him. "We feel compassion and empathy for them. "The boys and I, we have been praying for the officers, the community, the church members, the neighborhood," Baker said, tears rolling down her cheeks. The community has been wonderful, offering love and understanding, and Chelle wants people to know how much that means to them. She works in security herself and understands their jobs. Like so much about her husband's life and last moments, this too haunts Chelle Baker, that those officers have to carry a traumatic memory with them now. After a brief standoff, Wade Allen Baker, 44, of Clyde, was pronounced dead at the scene."įour law enforcement officers were involved in the shooting, the release noted. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's press release tersely summarized the day's events: "Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a 911 call claiming four people were shot. No matter what, he was going to succeed." It was a mission, and his mission was that he wanted to go, and he was going to make that happen. "I think he was there because of his military mindset.
"I think that was the reason he went to the church," she said. Her husband, who left the military as a sergeant, was religious, she said, and "firmly wanted to be with God."
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