
Army records obtained by The Associated Press show he was awarded a marksman badge with pistol bar and a sharpshooter with rifle bar decorations during 11 years of service starting in 1966.

Lott said others remain in critical condition but did not provide details.įrederick Hopkins is a Vietnam veteran and a disbarred attorney. Two of the wounded officers have been released from the hospital. This is a very large, complex puzzle that we are still filling the pieces in,” Lott said. Lott said a special FBI team that investigated the fatal shootings of five police officers in Dallas in 2016 and deaths of 59 people and wounding of hundreds more in Las Vegas last year is helping collect evidence from the crime scene at an upscale Florence subdivision. Richland County deputies are investigating the case at the request of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. The solicitor did not provide details on the hearing and the Family Court judge sealed the case.Ĭheryl Turner Hopkins told a WPDE-TV reporter outside the courtroom that she is sorry for the officers’ families and asked for prayers. The judge also denied bail for Seth Hopkins, who was not assigned a public defender.įrederick Hopkins’ wife, Cheryl Turner Hopkins, is an attorney and attended a hearing Friday that Solicitor Ed Clements said concerned emergency custody for children in the home. The court did not decide whether to appoint him a lawyer, delaying that issue until his financial status can be verified. The judge replied, “You’re at bond hearing court.” Hopkins responded, saying “No, where am I?” Mourounas asked Hopkins “You understand where you’re at right now?”

Hopkins, who needed help getting in and out of the courtroom and appeared dazed and tired. WBTW-TV reports Judge Tommy Mourounas denied bail for Frederick T.
