John Painter biography: 13 things about Bridgewater, Virginia cop

John Painter was a police officer in Bridgewater, Virginia, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

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1. He was originally from Kircheimbolanden, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
2. He lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
3. He is Dale Rhinehart and Jacob Painter‘s uncle.
4. From September 1999 to July 2001, he was an Elkton Police Department officer in Elkton, Virginia.
5. In July 2001, he joined the Grottoes Police Department in Grottoes, Virginia.
6. In October 2004, he became a Grottoes Police Department sergeant.
7. In July 2006, he became the Grottoes Police Department chief.
8. In May 2019, he joined the Bridgewater Police Department in Bridgewater after retiring as the Grottoes Police Department chief.
9. He and J.J. Jefferson worked for Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia as a campus police officer and a campus safety officer, respectively. He was the best man in Jefferson and Shannon Jefferson‘s wedding on July 2, 2021.
10. On March 27, 2021, he took to Facebook to share an article about 46th U.S. president Joe Biden calling on the U.S. Congress to tighten gun laws after Boulder Police Department officer Eric Talley and nine others were fatally shot in Boulder, Colorado, USA by Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, then 21, of Arvada, Colorado.
11. He enjoyed hunting. On November 25, 2021, he took to Facebook to share photos of his Cimarron 1873 short rifle and a deer.
12. On February 1, 2022, he and Jefferson were fatally shot at Bridgewater College allegedly by Alexander Wyatt Campbell.
13. He died at the age of 55.