Marine veteran fatally shot at Facebook Marketplace meetup, calls 911, family in final moments

A decorated Marine veteran was fatally shot at his home during a Facebook Marketplace sale — and he spent his final moments describing his attackers to police over the phone before heartbreakingly texting his family goodbye. Michael Ryan Burke, 42, was gunned down during a sale-turned-robbery involving a cellphone at his home in Columbia, Missouri on Sunday, according to the Columbia Police Department. Three 18-year-olds and a juvenile male have been arrested and charged with murder in Burke’s senseless killing. Michael Ryan Burke, 42, was shot and killed at his home on Sunday. Burke was a decorated Marine veteran. instagram/deep.sea.cowboy Burke’s college pal and fraternity brother, Jerry Reifeiss, described the veteran’s final moments in an interview with KRCG13. Reifeiss said that it was hard to fathom Burke was killed during a Facebook marketplace robbery, but likened his resolve in his final moments to the same courage that pushed him to enlist in the military. He said that Burke held on long enough to call 911 and describe the quad of attackers. He also managed to text his mother and sister “I’m dying and I love you” before he was rushed to a local hospital, where he died. “That was just
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