The parents of Tyler Hamilton want their son remembered for the life he led, not for the circumstances in which he died.
Hamilton, 30, was shot and killed on Wednesday in Granite Quarry. Police say Andrew Myers was “lying in wait” to ambush Hamilton when he came out of a home where the estranged wife of Myers was living. After killing Hamilton, Myers turned the gun on himself.
“We want to remember Tyler..he was a really good boy," mother Jill Hamilton said. “He loved God, he loved his momma…he was really close to his brother."
They just can’t believe that he is gone. Tyler Hamilton was a firefighter, and he loved the fire service.
“We want to remember Tyler for what he loved most, and that was firefighting," his mother added.
In December he was named the Firefighter of the Year for the Millers-Ferry Department. It’s an award he had also won with other departments across Rowan County.