JULY 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 7

HONORING OUR FALLEN HEROES
DEPUTY SHERIFF AUSTIN DEREK ALDRIDGE
DEPUTY SHERIFF J’MAR COLIN ABEL
SPARTANBURG COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SC
END OF WATCH TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
AGE: 25 TOUR: 3 YEARS BADGE: N/A
Deputy Sheriff Austin Aldridge was shot and killed while responding to a domestic call at 3:20 pm on Chaffee
Drive in Spartanburg. When Deputy Aldridge approached the house, he was ambushed by the subject. Bystanders
gave medical aide to Deputy Aldridge until EMS arrived and then provided responding officers with a
description of the subject and his vehicle. Deputy Aldridge was transported to the hospital and succumbed to
his wounds at 9:26 pm.
Deputy Aldridge had served with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office for three years. He is survived by his
wife.
CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALABAMA
END OF WATCH MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022
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Deputy Sheriff J’Mar Abel was killed in a vehicle crash on County Road 278 between Welch and Standing
Rock. He was assisting the Roanoke Police Department during a vehicle pursuit when his patrol SUV left the
roadway while rounding a curve at about 4:30 pm. The patrol car overturned after striking a ditch on the side
of the road. He was tranpsorted to West Georgia Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. The
subject was apprehended.
Deputy Abel was killed on his two-year anniversary with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office. He is survived
by his father and fiancée.
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