John Burnette, along with Andy Nobles were killed when they were responding to what should have been a routine call of a suspicious vehicle and person at Boulevard Homes Housing Complex.
John was a high-energy, life-loving sports enthusiast who didn't know the meaning of fear.
Burnette's friends use the same words to describe him: enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing: a man who loved to laugh and made others laugh.
Burnette attended Eastway Junior High and Garinger High School, where he played baseball. At Wingate he was a communications major. Scholastically he was an average student, but excelled in intramural basketball, football, volleyball and baseball.
Burnette encouraged his brother Jeremy, 15, to play football, and on Friday nights, he'd bring officers to Piedmont High School in Monroe to watch him play.
Burnette was drawn to police work instead, friends say, by his sociable nature and a desire to be involved in people's lives.
"John thought he could make a difference," said his father. "And he was making a difference in the community."
Susan Kendall, a community policing coordinator, said Burnette was "Always a live wire, always hyped about something. He was always painting at a playground or getting his hands dirty in some way that would help the community."
John was a high-energy, life-loving sports enthusiast who didn't know the meaning of fear.
Burnette's friends use the same words to describe him: enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing: a man who loved to laugh and made others laugh.
Burnette attended Eastway Junior High and Garinger High School, where he played baseball. At Wingate he was a communications major. Scholastically he was an average student, but excelled in intramural basketball, football, volleyball and baseball.
Burnette encouraged his brother Jeremy, 15, to play football, and on Friday nights, he'd bring officers to Piedmont High School in Monroe to watch him play.
Burnette was drawn to police work instead, friends say, by his sociable nature and a desire to be involved in people's lives.
"John thought he could make a difference," said his father. "And he was making a difference in the community."
Susan Kendall, a community policing coordinator, said Burnette was "Always a live wire, always hyped about something. He was always painting at a playground or getting his hands dirty in some way that would help the community."
John Burnette, along with Andy Nobles were killed when they were responding to what should have been a routine call of a suspicious vehicle and person at Boulevard Homes Housing Complex.
John was a high-energy, life-loving sports enthusiast who didn't know the meaning of fear.
Burnette's friends use the same words to describe him: enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing: a man who loved to laugh and made others laugh.
Burnette attended Eastway Junior High and Garinger High School, where he played baseball. At Wingate he was a communications major. Scholastically he was an average student, but excelled in intramural basketball, football, volleyball and baseball.
Burnette encouraged his brother Jeremy, 15, to play football, and on Friday nights, he'd bring officers to Piedmont High School in Monroe to watch him play.
Burnette was drawn to police work instead, friends say, by his sociable nature and a desire to be involved in people's lives.
"John thought he could make a difference," said his father. "And he was making a difference in the community."
Susan Kendall, a community policing coordinator, said Burnette was "Always a live wire, always hyped about something. He was always painting at a playground or getting his hands dirty in some way that would help the community."
John was a high-energy, life-loving sports enthusiast who didn't know the meaning of fear.
Burnette's friends use the same words to describe him: enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing: a man who loved to laugh and made others laugh.
Burnette attended Eastway Junior High and Garinger High School, where he played baseball. At Wingate he was a communications major. Scholastically he was an average student, but excelled in intramural basketball, football, volleyball and baseball.
Burnette encouraged his brother Jeremy, 15, to play football, and on Friday nights, he'd bring officers to Piedmont High School in Monroe to watch him play.
Burnette was drawn to police work instead, friends say, by his sociable nature and a desire to be involved in people's lives.
"John thought he could make a difference," said his father. "And he was making a difference in the community."
Susan Kendall, a community policing coordinator, said Burnette was "Always a live wire, always hyped about something. He was always painting at a playground or getting his hands dirty in some way that would help the community."
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