Caldwell County Sheriff's Dept grieves as manhunt continues

A department grieves

By Nathan Key, Managing Editor

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:35 PM EDT

The search for a suspect in the shooting death of a Caldwell County Sheriff's deputy enters its fifth day, and there still has been no sign of him.

Law enforcement officials from Caldwell County and across western North Carolina have been trying to track down 32-year-old Skip Brinkley, also known as Larry Wayne Brucke Jr., since the Friday night slaying of Deputy Adam Klutz at 3940 Fox Winkler Road in the Oak Hill community.

Brinkley is alleged to have killed Klutz with a gunshot to an unprotected part of his body and shot Lt. Chris Martin three times. Martin was hit in the chest, but his bulletproof vest saved his life.

Teams of investigators went into the Oak Hill and Dudley Shoals communities and surrounding areas Monday and again Tuesday distributing wanted posters and seeking any information about Brinkley, a former law enforcement officer, who served in Iraq from 2004-06 and has U.S. Army Ranger training.
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Support from other agencies proves pivotal
There have been quite a few sightings of Lenoir Police Department patrol cars out in the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction the last five days and a number of law enforcement faces not so familiar to the county. That's because a host of agencies from county, state and federal levels have pitched in to aid the Sheriff's Office in its massive search for Skip Brinkley, the man suspected of shooting and killing Deputy Adam Klutz and shooting Lt. Chris Martin three times Sept. 19.