The wife of fallen Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire is speaking out after her husband was fatally shot by a man wanted for a parole violation.
Ashley McIntire shared on Facebook the following statement.
I am literally broken, I just want someone to tell me this nightmare is over…
My Best Friend My Person My entire world gone in a blink of an eye. I’m not sure how I can do this thing called life without you. I can’t even put into words how great of a person my husband was. He was my person. I love you with all my heart. Until we meet again
#1501 your brothers and sisters in blue got it from here rest easy my Love.
Chief McIntire was shot by 28-year-old Aaron Lamont Swan Jr. in the head after a confrontation in Brackenridge on Monday afternoon.
Swan then carjacked a vehicle and was later shot and killed by police in Homewood.
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State police saw him on Route 28 Sunday night, but he got away. Monday morning, Swan led Harrison Township police on a chase. They got his car but Swan fled on foot. He was spotted around 2 p.m. by Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire and another officer.
Swan had a violent history and served time in prison. In 2014, he was convicted of shooting at a K-9 officer in East Liberty. In 2017, he was convicted of armed robbery and inflicting serious bodily injury. In 2019, he pleaded guilty to drug sales.