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Anyone know WTF happened? All I’m finding is 4 injured cops, 1 KIA in an “active shooter” incident.
TheNewbie
10-03-2018, 06:54 PM
The Fox News article I read didn't have a ton of info.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-shooting-leaves-1-officer-dead-4-others-injured-official
That Fox article is about as useful as tits on a boar. Why do they think I give a crap about tweets with no useful information?
Prayers for the officers involved.
Apparently they went to serve a warrant when bad guy opened up on them. 7 LEOs shot, 1 has died. Turned into a 2 hour standoff. BG had kids in the house.
https://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/481625006-Officer-killed-6-other-LEOs-wounded-in-SC/
I really hate how the "Active Shooter" card gets overplayed. This being a prime example.
Wayne Dobbs
10-04-2018, 07:54 AM
I taught a Colt Armorer class to FPD a couple of years ago and they're a solid bunch with some impressive training. This is an excellent example of how somebody with a rifle is big trouble, no matter what side they're on.
psalms144.1
10-04-2018, 10:04 AM
Prayers out to the family and friends of the fallen and injured. Praying for a quick recovery for the wounded, and swift justice for the @$$hat who shot them...
KeithH
10-04-2018, 05:40 PM
Really shallow reporting on this incident. What gives? I've gotten far more here than on news outlets.
Really shallow reporting on this incident. What gives? I've gotten far more here than on news outlets.
Shooter is 74. Vietnam vet and a former lawyer. One prior for . . . I forget. Not super serious crime. So I heard on FoxNews
Apparently the warrant had something to do with a sex case. Shooter wasn't suspect from what I read on P1.com.
Definitely an example of what a well trained man with a rifle can do.
RIP, Detective/Technical Sergeant Carraway.
https://www.policeone.com/lodd/articles/481627006-Officer-killed-in-SC-shooting-had-just-celebrated-30-years-as-LEO/
Shooter is 74. Vietnam vet and a former lawyer. One prior for . . . I forget. Not super serious crime. So I heard on FoxNews
Apparently he was disbarred back in the 80's.
LittleLebowski
10-04-2018, 06:51 PM
I have sort of inside data, I’ll start a thread in the CC.
https://apnews.com/f75b50ea0cbe4cfaae6a5f5f2d94c833/Suspect-in-shooting-of-7-officers-bragged-about-gun-skills
Suspect in shooting of 7 officers bragged about gun skills
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The Vietnam veteran and disbarred lawyer accused of shooting seven law enforcement officers, killing one, bragged online about his marksmanship and love for the “smell of gunpowder” in the years before the deadly standoff, records and social media posts unearthed Thursday showed.
Frederick Hopkins lost his law license in the 1980s for mishandling money and faced several minor criminal charges in recent years, including disorderly conduct in 2014. It was around the time of his disbarment that he got serious about amateur target-shooting, according to the records and posts.
Hopkins was hospitalized with a head injury and unable to speak with officers, Columbia, South Carolina, television station WIS reported Thursday.
The warrant involved an accusation that a 27-year-old person at the home sexually assaulted a foster child who lives there, Florence County Chief Deputy Glenn Kirby said.
Back in 2016, the 74-year-old Hopkins posted photos on Facebook of guns set up for target practice, bragging that he was the state’s 2011 “3-Gun Silhouette Champion.” In a 2014 post, he said he celebrated his 70th birthday at a range by repeatedly firing his M14 rifle, which he “set up exactly like the one I used in Vietnam.”
“I have been shooting competitively since 1984 and lovin’ it. I just love the smell of gunpowder in the mornin’s,” the post said.
His competitive shooting would have begun around the time he lost his law license over $18,000 in wrongfully collected attorney fees. A court order shows that the state Supreme Court in 1984 allowed Hopkins to pay back the debt over time and surrender his license rather than complete a six-month jail term.
Court documents also show that he was injured in Vietnam and received disability payments. The filing does not elaborate on the injury.
During the standoff, the sheriff’s armored personnel carrier was brought in to recover the wounded.
“Fire was being shot all over. The way this suspect was positioned, his view of fire was several hundred yards. So he had an advantage,” Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone told reporters.
Florence Police Chief Allen Heidler estimated Thursday that it took a half-hour to reach some of the wounded officers.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/fred-hopkins-frederick-cheryl-florence/
Frederick ‘Fred’ Hopkins: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
NEW VIDEO- Hundreds of gunshots are heard in witness video taken at the Florence, SC, shooting Wednesday. The witness says they saw 2 officers shot in front of a driveway at a home an estimated 300 yards away from where there alleged gunman was barricaded.
https://mobile.twitter.com/CNNValencia
LittleLebowski
10-05-2018, 09:39 AM
I have sort of inside data, I’ll start a thread in the CC.
This has been done.
MI Law
10-05-2018, 03:59 PM
This has been done.
What's the CC?
blues
10-05-2018, 04:01 PM
What's the CC?
Coterie Club
Guerrero
10-05-2018, 04:14 PM
Coterie Club
The super-secret hangout for Site Supporters
https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-father-son-both-denied-bond-in-aftermath-of-police-killing
South Carolina father, son both denied bond in aftermath of police killing
Hopkins served as an Army captain and was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism defending a fire base from North Vietnamese forces in 1970. He earned his law license and was disbarred for mishandling money.
One of the wounded Officers succumbed to her wounds today:
Investigator Farrah Turner
Florence County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina
End of Watch Monday, October 22, 2018
All of the wounded officers were transported to a local hospital where Sergeant Carraway succumbed to his wounds. Investigator Turner underwent nine surgeries and remained in critical condition until succumbing to her wounds on October 22nd, 2018.
https://www.odmp.org/officer/23795-investigator-farrah-turner?fbclid=IwAR1X2xa5i-1HNN0yEgLSiNsUgy7yxUf2A5CTl5sK2p3TAQ8JvRN5PKufdyc
RIP.
LittleLebowski
10-23-2018, 06:29 AM
One of the wounded Officers succumbed to her wounds today:
https://www.odmp.org/officer/23795-investigator-farrah-turner?fbclid=IwAR1X2xa5i-1HNN0yEgLSiNsUgy7yxUf2A5CTl5sK2p3TAQ8JvRN5PKufdyc
RIP.
Shit. RIP.
blues
10-23-2018, 08:20 AM
RIP.
What a cluster.
psalms144.1
10-23-2018, 08:35 AM
RIP. Prayers out for the family and friends.
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