{"id":23773,"date":"2025-08-09T19:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=23773"},"modified":"2025-08-09T19:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:20:45","slug":"officer-david-rose-gave-his-life-protecting-others-today-the-last-words-to-his-wife-kids-will-leave-you-speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=23773","title":{"rendered":"Officer David Rose Gave His Life Protecting Others Today \u2014 The Last Words to His Wife &#038; Kids Will Leave You Speechless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. \u2014 As a gunman ran between the CDC and the Emory Campus late Friday afternoon, Hayes Parsa, 17, got the emergency alert on his phone saying, \u201crun, hide, fight.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"burlh69fec4da1586f\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.burlh69fec4da1586f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.burlh69fec4da1586f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.burlh69fec4da1586f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.burlh69fec4da1586f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.burlh69fec4da1586f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p class=\"p1\">He was at Emory University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey came over the PA and were like the whole building is on lockdown,\u201d Parsa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He told Channel 2\u2019s Cory James that he quickly ran over to a breezeway and took shelter. That\u2019s when he looked outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen I got to the window, they had a few police officers, kept doing chest compression. I just said a quick prayer,\u201d Parsa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Parsa said medical staff ran out and rushed an officer inside and watched the frantic moments that unfolded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe bed \u2026 a bunch of help on top. And they took him into the surgery room,\u201d Parsa said. \u201cIt was so sad. So, so, sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">What he would find out later is that officer who was shot was DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, and he lost his life in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis officer responded to the call as he was trained to do,\u201d interim DeKalb County Police Chief Greg Padrick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis evening, there is a wife without a husband, there are three children, one unborn, without a father,\u201d DeKalb County CEO Loraine Cochran-Johnson said during a news conference Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier in the evening, police found the suspected shooter, shot on the second floor of a CVS pharmacy nearby. It remains unclear if he was shot by someone else or if he shot himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Police have not identified the shooter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rose started with the DeKalb County Police Department in September 2024. He leaves behind a wife and two children, with one more on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. \u2014 As a gunman ran between the CDC and the Emory Campus late Friday afternoon, Hayes Parsa, 17, got the emergency alert on his phone saying, \u201crun, hide, fight.\u201d He was at Emory University Hospital. \u201cThey came over the PA and were like the whole building is on lockdown,\u201d Parsa said. 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