Oct 19, 2023 · FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for fatally ambushing police at his South Carolina home. Frederick Hopkins killed two officers, including the lead investigator in a sexual abuse case involving his son, and wounded five others in 2018.

Oct 12, 2023 · AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man avoided a possible death sentence Thursday by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers coming to his home, killing two of the officers and wounding five others.

Oct 19, 2023 · FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for fatally ambushing police at his South Carolina home. Frederick Hopkins killed two officers,...

Oct 13, 2023 · AIKEN, S.C. — A 79-year-old South Carolina man avoided a possible death sentence Thursday by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers coming to his home, killing two of the officers and wounding five others.

On October 3, 2018, seven law enforcement officers were shot and five civilians were injured in Florence, South Carolina, United States. [1] Two officers were killed. [2]

Oct 13, 2023 · AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man avoided a possible death sentence Thursday by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers coming to his home, killing two of the...

Jun 29, 2023 · A judge has shut a courtroom from the public and reporters as he heard pretrial motions in the death penalty case of a South Carolina man charged with killing two police officers in a 2018 ambush.

Fred Hopkins Jr, 79, appeared in court in a wheelchair shortly after noon to face a judge and learn his sentence for shooting and killing two officers and wounding several others outside...

Oct 14, 2023 · AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man avoided a possible death sentence Thursday by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers coming to his home, killing two of the...

Oct 3, 2024 · FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - Thursday marks six years since two Pee Dee officers were killed in an ambush in a Florence County neighborhood. On Oct. 3, 2018, authorities said Fred Hopkins...