| March 19,
2006 |
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| Kincaid Dies Sunday Night in Charlotte |
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Morganton
firefighter and Sheriff's Deputy Kelly Kincaid died Sunday night at Carolinas
Medical Center in Charlotte, surrounded by his family, friends, and
co-workers.
"He cannot be replaced," said Burke County Sheriff John T.
McDevitt. "Another will step into his job one day, but no one will fill his
shoes."
Kincaid died at 10:35 PM, McDevitt said.
The 19-year law enforcement veteran and
volunteer firefighter collapsed around 11:54 PM |
Friday
night while attempting to fight a fire determined to be caused by arson.
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| "He was lifeless for over twenty
minutes before a pulse was finally detected," stated the Sheriff. "We were told
by doctors that he sustained irreversible brain damage after being deprived of
oxygen for so long." |
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| Kincaid never regained
consciousness after sustaining an apparent heart attack. He was removed from
life support at CMC at 2:30 PM Sunday, according to the Sheriff. |
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| "He died peacefully," said McDevitt
"in a room filled with the people that meant the most to him in life." |
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| The officer's body will remain in
Charlotte pending an autopsy, and will probably be brought back to Burke County
on Monday afternoon, McDevitt said. A convoy of officers and firefighters will
escort the fallen firefighter back to Burke County. |
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The man accused of setting
the fires to several houses in Morganton is David Harold Carr (right), 34.
Carr has been charged with two counts
of first degree arson, and more charges are expected in the wake of Kincaid's
death, said Morganton Department of Public Safety Chief Mark
Tolbert.
"We'll be speaking with the district attorney in order to file
the appropriate charges," Tolbert said. |
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| Carr was released from prison on January 31,
2006 after serving seven months of an eighteen-month sentence for a Burke
County driving while impaired conviction. |
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| He remains in the Burke County Jail under a
$250,000 secured bond and will have a first court appearance Monday. |
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