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'It's a sad day, he was a good man,' friend remembers fallen deputy

Friends are remembering fallen Somerset County Deputy Eugene Cole after he was shot and killed Wednesday morning.
Corporal Eugene Cole was shot and killed in Somerset County Wednesday morning when responding to a robbery.

NORRIDGEWOCK (NEWS CENTER Maine) — Friends are remembering fallen Somerset County Deputy Eugene Cole after he was shot and killed Wednesday morning.

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"He was a nice man, did a good job at what he did and had a personality that the community needs," Ambrose said. "It's a sad day."

Ambrose described Cole as a Deputy who hard-working and honest. He says Cole's son was also a patrolman in the area and Cole's mother and brother worked for him in Madison.

"He took his job serious but he was never bigger than the job," Ambrose said about Cole. "He would have helped anyone, it didn't matter if he was on patrol or not."

A national manhunt is underway as police search for 29-year-old John Williams, the man they believe is responsible for killing Cole. Williams is considered armed and dangerous.

Ambrose says when he heard the news he hoped it wasn't someone he knew. His daughter and grandson were killed in a fatal shooting last year in Madison. He says he wasn't prepared for something like this happening again so soon.

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"I guess they call it life," Ambrose said. "But it sure don't seem like the right definition to me."

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